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Republican Non-Domination: Freedom as Absence of Arbitrary Power

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Philip Pettit’s 1997 book Republicanism sparked a global revival of the idea, and he later advised Spanish and Irish governments on institutional design—showing that non-domination is not just an ancient theory but a living framework for modern politics.

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More than anything, you want to be free. The teacher can punish you for no reason—but never does. Your boss could fire you on a whim, but chooses not to. Are you free? Most of us would say yes, but republicans say no.