Maurizio Viroli

Machiavelli and Republicanism

Part I. Machiavelli and the Republican Experience: 1. Machiavelli and Florentine republican experience Nicolai Rubenstein 2. Machiavelli and the crisis of the Italian republics Elena Fasano Guarini 3. Florentine republicanism in the early sixteenth century Giovanni Silvano 4. Machiavelli, servant of the Florentine republic Robert Black 5. The controversy surrounding Machiavellis service to the republic John M. Najemy Part II. Machiavelli and Republican Ideas: 6. Machiavellis Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner 7. Machiavelli and the republican idea of politics Maurizio Viroli 8. The theory and practice of warfare in Machiavells republic Michael Mallett 9 Civil discord in Machiavellis Istorie Fiorentine Gisela Bock Part III. Machiavelli and the Republican Heritage: 10. The Machiavellian moment and the Dutch Revolt: the rise of neostoicism and Dutch republicanism Martin Van Gelderen 11. Miltons republicanism and the tyranny of heaven Blair Worden 12. A controversial republican: Dutch views of Machiavelli in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Eco Haitsma Mulier 13. Montesquieu and the new republicanism Judith Shklar Part IV. The Morality of Republicanism: 14. The ethos of the republic and the reality of politics Werner Maihofer 15. The republican ideal of political liberty Quentin Skinner.

The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy

Foreword xi Preface xv Chapter 1: The Liberty of Servants and the Liberty of Citizens 1 Chapter 2: The Court System 14 Chapter 3: The Signs of Servitude 43 Chapter 4: The Prerequisites of Servitude 77 Chapter 5: The Path to Freedom 113 Notes 149 Index 163

On civic republicanism: Reply to Xenos and Yack

Abstract Current debates about patriotism and nationalism have so far failed adequately to take into account the historical meaning of republican patriotism. For classical and modern republican theorists, love of country is a charitable love of the republic and of its citizens. It is an attachment to the political values of republican liberty and to the culture based upon them. As such, it is a theoretical alternative to both civic and ethnic nationalism, and it is not at all confined within the bygone experience of city‐states.

As If God Existed: Religion and Liberty in the History of Italy

Develtere spends almost no time discussing the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in alleviating poverty. He cites the case of Repsol as the role model for appropriate transnational corporate (TNC) behavior. Tell that to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, who nationalized Repsol’s YPF SA in April 2012 and the late President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, who on July 24, 2012, threatened Repsol against taking any action against Argentina. I would emphasize that foreign direct investment provides tax revenues and job creation! A quick look at the World Investment Report 2012 reveals the positive impact of the

La théorie de la société bien ordonnée chez Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1.5 trillion in FDI that took place in 2011:

Realism and prophecy in Machiavelli and in Italian political culture

904 billion were greenfield projects of which developing and transition countries received 55 percent, sub-Saharan Africa received

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Acknowledgements

37 billion, Latin American received

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Index

211 billion, and LDCs received

Machiavelli and Republicanism: MACHIAVELLI AND THE REPUBLICAN EXPERIENCE

33.3 billion. Foreign affiliates of TNCs support 69 million jobs. Transnational corporations have signed Corporate Social Responsibility Codes and set supplier codes for Social and Environmental performance standards. I could go on. Overall, the book is worth a read. I would also suggest that his next edition include a subject index.

Machiavelli and Republicanism: Contents

Examining board: Prof. Werner Maihofer, Superviseur ; Prof. Norberto Bobbio ; Prof. Maurice Cranston ; Prof. Athanasios Moulakis ; Prof. Quentin Skinner