What is a Free State? Republican Internationalism and Globalisation

Political Studies, 2015, Forthcoming

31 Pages Posted: 1 Jun 2015

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Cecile Laborde

Nuffield College, Oxford University; University of Oxford - Department of Politics and International Relations

Miriam Ronzoni

The University of Manchester

Date Written: May 31, 2015

Abstract

This article addresses an underexplored area of investigation within the global justice debate: To what extent does globalisation structurally undermine the freedom of states? And if it does, what type of injustice does this constitute? It is argued here that a republican theory of freedom as non-domination is better equipped than existing cosmopolitan and social liberal accounts to explain the systemic connections between domestic, international and global injustice. The forms of unchecked power that globalisation sets off create new opportunities for the domination of states – by other states as well as by non-states actors. And when citizens live in dominated states, they are themselves exposed to domination. The upshot is a normative analysis of the global arena that attributes a central role to states, yet is deeply critical of the status quo.

Keywords: global justice; globalisation; republicanism; non-domination; internationalism

Suggested Citation

Laborde, Cecile and Laborde, Cecile and Ronzoni, Miriam, What is a Free State? Republican Internationalism and Globalisation (May 31, 2015). Political Studies, 2015, Forthcoming , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2612638

Cecile Laborde (Contact Author)

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Miriam Ronzoni

The University of Manchester

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