Richard Bellamy es un destacado teórico político e historiador británico cuya obra se adentra profundamente en el desarrollo de la democracia, la ciudadanía y el constitucionalismo en las sociedades modernas. Su producción académica, a menudo inspirada en la tradición italiana del pensamiento político, integra con fluidez la historia, la política, el derecho y la filosofía. Bellamy se centra en los desafíos contemporáneos que enfrentan los sistemas democráticos, particularmente en Europa y en relación con la Unión Europea. Sus extensas contribuciones académicas incluyen numerosas monografías y volúmenes editados que dan forma a las discusiones actuales sobre sistemas políticos.
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.