Richard Bellamy è un eminente teorico politico e storico britannico il cui lavoro si confronta profondamente con lo sviluppo della democrazia, della cittadinanza e del costituzionalismo nelle società moderne. La sua produzione accademica, spesso attingendo alla tradizione italiana del pensiero politico, integra con fluidità storia, politica, diritto e filosofia. Bellamy si concentra sulle sfide contemporanee che i sistemi democratici devono affrontare, in particolare in Europa e in relazione all'Unione Europea. I suoi estesi contributi accademici includono numerose monografie e volumi curati che plasmano le attuali discussioni sui sistemi politici.
Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen in a modern, complex community? Richard Bellamy approaches the subject of citizenship from a political perspective and, in clear and accessible language, addresses the complexities behind this highly topical issue.
Clear, balanced and accessible, this book explores the alternative of a flexible European Union (EU) based on differentiated rather than uniform integration. They examine the circumstances and institutional design needed for flexibility to promote rather than undermine fairness and democracy within and between member states.
This book brings together fifteen classic essays from a leading scholar, Richard Bellamy, who traces the history of Italian political thought from Cesare Beccaria to Norberto Bobbio. Written over the past twenty-five years, these works constitute the first account in English of the modern Italian political tradition. Bellamy pays special attention to the different ways various Italian theorists link politics and ethics and their alternate conceptions of state and democracy. Among the thinkers discussed are Cesare Beccaria, Antonio Genovesi, Giuseppe Mazzini, Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Gentile, Antonio Gramsci, Vilfredo Pareto, Gaetano Mosca, and Norberto Bobbio.