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Convenors<\/strong><\/p>\n Vincent Harting<\/strong> (London School of Economics); v.a.harting@lse.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Du\u0161an Rebolj<\/strong> (University College London); dusan.rebolj.19@ucl.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Confirmed Keynote Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n Camila Vergara<\/strong> (Columbia), Lawrence Hamilton<\/strong> (Cambridge), John P. McCormick<\/strong> (Chicago).<\/p>\n *All times are British Summer Time (BST)<\/p>\n 14:00 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPower to the People! On the Limits of Elitist Republicanism and the Promises of Plebeian Institutions\u201d \u2013 Camila Vergara<\/strong> (Columbia University)<\/p>\n \u201cSupranational Enforcement of Values: Missing the Corrupt Structure\u201d \u2013 Maciej Krogel<\/strong> (European University Institute)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 17:00 \u2013 19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMachiavelli, Leadership, and Plebeian Politics\u201d \u2013 John P. McCormick<\/strong> (University of Chicago)<\/p>\n \u201cRepublican Institutions, Oligarchic Democracy and Norms of Political Equality\u201d – Jessica Kimpell Johnson<\/strong> (University of Virginia)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14:00 \u2013 16 :00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSaving Democracy: The Popular Representative Republic\u201d \u2013 Lawrence Hamilton<\/strong> (Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cambridge)<\/p>\n \u201cEvolution or Equipoise? Group Conflict and Group Formation in Neo-Republicanism\u201d \u2013 Alfred Moore<\/strong> (University of York)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 17 :00 \u2013 19 :00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPlutocracy and Republicanism in Eugene Debs\u201d \u2013 Tom O\u2019Shea<\/strong> (University of Roehampton)<\/p>\n \u201cPlatform Socialism\u201d \u2013 James Muldoon<\/strong> (University of Exeter)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14 :00 \u2013 16 :00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA Post-Democratic Public Sphere? Parallel Poleis and the Black Public Sphere\u201d \u2013 Chris Barker<\/strong> (American University in Cairo)<\/p>\n \u201cFealty and Dependence in the Herrenvolk Republic\u201d \u2013 John Lawless<\/strong> (Utica College)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 17:00 \u2013 19 :00<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDigital Freedom through Data-Owning Democracy?\u201d \u2013 Roberta Fischli<\/strong> (University of St. Gallen)<\/p>\n \u201cDigital Domination: Social Media and Contestatory Democracy\u201d \u2013 Ugur Aytac<\/strong> (University of Amsterdam)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What can republicanism tell us, and perhaps advise us, about the hollowing-out of democracy? We borrow the phrase from Peter Mair\u2019s 2013 book, where it describes the coincidence between popular indifference to democratic politics and the preference of academics and political practitioners for government by experts and depoliticization in lieu of civic engagement and traditional parliamentary decision-making. While these developments on their own give ample reason for concern to republicans, we think it interesting to ask: if republicanism is a vision of democracy with a concern for freedom as non-domination at its heart, what are other ways in which contemporary democracies may appear hollow to republicans and what do republicans have to say about them? How could we correct these tendencies by thinking outside the traditional liberal constitutionalist box in a way that is compatible with core republican values? Because answers to these questions will be as numerous as the different strands of republicanism being developed, we welcome contributions informed by all these perspectives.<\/p>\n Some of the accounts most recently concerned with these questions belong to the \u2018radical\u2019, \u2018socialist\u2019, or \u2018plebeian\u2019 varieties of republicanism. Their authors acknowledge the systemic tendencies of liberal democratic institutions to produce oligarchic rule, and propose to justify alternative methods of popular control over political issues and over other aspects of social life \u2013 e.g. class-specific institutions excluding the wealthy from decision-making, strong recall mechanisms over representatives, systems of councils or popular assemblies endowed with strong constitutional powers, and ways of materializing economic democracy to achieve freedom as non-domination. Another group of republican accounts, which partly overlaps with the former one, re-conceptualizes popular sovereignty and democratic rule beyond traditional liberal frameworks, for example employing the writings of canonical authors like Machiavelli, Rousseau, Marx, and even Foucault. These perspectives tend to further mirror the concerns of popular movements that struggle against various forms of social domination (colonial, patriarchal, racial, etc.) and frame their activity along republican lines. Such accounts can facilitate a straightforward discussion of how republicans should deal with decolonization and other emancipatory struggles. We believe that discussing these alternative approaches to republicanism can contribute Paper Submissions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Submissions are now closed for this panel. <\/strong><\/p>\n Conference\/Practical information: <\/strong><\/p>\n This is now an all online panel. Registration will open in May, and participants must register in order to attend.<\/p>\n The year\u2019s registration fees are:<\/strong> A small number of bursaries (for graduate students only) are available. Please state in your application to our panel whether you intend to apply for a bursary. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hollow Republic: What Can Republicanism Say About It? Convenors Vincent Harting (London School of Economics); v.a.harting@lse.ac.uk Du\u0161an Rebolj (University College London); dusan.rebolj.19@ucl.ac.uk Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Camila Vergara (Columbia), Lawrence Hamilton (Cambridge), John P. McCormick (Chicago). *All times are British Summer Time (BST) Tuesday, 7 September Session 1: Beyond Elitist Constitutionalism: Popular Power Against Oligarchization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3596,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Convenors<\/strong>\r\n\r\nVincent Harting<\/strong> (London School of Economics): v.a.harting@lse.ac.uk<\/a>\r\n\r\n Du\u0161an Rebolj<\/strong> (University College London): dusan.rebolj.19@ucl.ac.uk<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nConfirmed Keynote Speakers:\r\n\r\nCamila Vergara<\/strong> (Columbia), Lawrence Hamilton<\/strong> (Cambridge), John P. McCormick<\/strong> (Chicago).\r\n\r\n
\nTuesday, 7 September<\/h4>\n
Session 1: Beyond Elitist Constitutionalism: Popular Power Against Oligarchization<\/em><\/h6>\n
Session 2: Plebeian Leadership, Citizenship and Political Equality<\/em><\/h6>\n
Wednesday, 8 September<\/h4>\n
Session 3: Plebeian Representation: Assembling Popular Power<\/em><\/h6>\n
Session 4: Republicanism and Socialism<\/em><\/h6>\n
Thursday, 9 September<\/h4>\n
Session 5: Radical Republicanism and the Challenges of Racial Inequality<\/em><\/h6>\n
Session 6: Radical Republicanism and the Digital Age<\/em><\/h6>\n
to a richer picture of what is hollowing out democracy today, and how it may be counteracted.<\/p>\n\n
involve coercive means; but those institutions and practices transgress traditional liberal values (e.g. formal political equality or property rights) held by some other republicans; how to resolve such conflicts of value?<\/li>\n
Academics: \u00a345
Graduate students, retirees, and unaffiliated attendees: \u00a320
Non-speaker\/non-presenting attendees: \u00a315<\/p>\n
For any further queries, please also send your questions to v.a.harting@lse.ac.uk<\/a> and dusan.rebolj.19@ucl.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nWhat can republicanism tell us, and perhaps advise us, about the hollowing-out of democracy? We borrow the phrase from Peter Mair\u2019s 2013 book, where it describes the coincidence between popular indifference to democratic politics and the preference of academics and political practitioners for government by experts and depoliticization in lieu of civic engagement and traditional parliamentary decision-making. While these developments on their own give ample reason for concern to republicans, we think it interesting to ask: if republicanism is a vision of democracy with a concern for freedom as non-domination at its heart, what are other ways in which contemporary democracies may appear hollow to republicans and what do republicans have to say about them? How could we correct these tendencies by thinking outside the traditional liberal constitutionalist box in a way that is compatible with core republican values? Because answers to these questions will be as numerous as the different strands of republicanism being developed, we welcome contributions informed by all these perspectives.\r\n\r\nSome of the accounts most recently concerned with these questions belong to the \u2018radical\u2019, \u2018socialist\u2019, or \u2018plebeian\u2019 varieties of republicanism. Their authors acknowledge the systemic tendencies of liberal democratic institutions to produce oligarchic rule, and propose to justify alternative methods of popular control over political issues and over other aspects of social life \u2013 e.g. class-specific institutions excluding the wealthy from decision-making, strong recall mechanisms over representatives, systems of councils or popular assemblies endowed with strong constitutional powers, and ways of materializing economic democracy to achieve freedom as non-domination. Another group of republican accounts, which partly overlaps with the former one, re-conceptualizes popular sovereignty and democratic rule beyond traditional liberal frameworks, for example employing the writings of canonical authors like Machiavelli, Rousseau, Marx, and even Foucault. These perspectives tend to further mirror the concerns of popular movements that struggle against various forms of social domination (colonial, patriarchal, racial, etc.) and frame their activity along republican lines. Such accounts can facilitate a straightforward discussion of how republicans should deal with decolonization and other emancipatory struggles. We believe that discussing these alternative approaches to republicanism can contribute\r\nto a richer picture of what is hollowing out democracy today, and how it may be counteracted.\r\n\r\n \t