Books
The People's Two Powers: Public Opinion and Popular Sovereignty from Rousseau to Liberal Democracy.
Cambridge University Press. 'Ideas in Context' Series. Forthcoming, January 2026.
Recent Articles
'"The Reading Nation": Sieyès's Theory of Public Opinion.'
Political Theory. 53/4 (2025), 483-509.
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'The First Theorists of Liberal Democracy.'
Constellations. 32/2 (2025), 415-426.
Political Studies. 72/2 (2024), pp. 551-569.
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'Representative Democracy versus Government by Opinion'
The Journal of Politics. 84/3 (2022). pp. 1623-1637.
Recent Review Essays
‘Liberalism Reinvents Itself’. On Samuel Moyn's Liberalism Against Itself (2023)
Intellectual History Review. Online First.
‘La puissance des masses'. On Florence Hulak's L'histoire libérale de la modernité (2023)
La Vie des idées, 5 March 2023.
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Under Review
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​‘Censors and Recalls: Rousseau on Elite Accountability.’ Journal Article.
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'The Intellectual Origins of Bernard Manin's Principles of Representative Government.’ Journal Article.
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'The Other Conception of Public Opinion: "Public Esteem" and Representative Government.' Journal Article.
Work in Progress
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​'"Liberal Democracy" versus "Colonial Ceasarism."' Journal Article.
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"Rousseau on the Imperative Mandate." Journal Article.
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"American French Liberalism."
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