Republicanism is an empirical research program, not a fixed policy blueprint

Evidence

There are five large areas of policy-making—they bear, respectively on external defence, internal protection, personal independence, economic prosperity, and public life—and in all of these areas it is possible to discern the broad and often distinctive outlines of what a republican philosophy of government would require; but the requirements can only be detailed in the light of empirical information: republicanism is a research programme for policy-making, not a oncefor-always blueprint. — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 1254

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and…, 1254
• XREF: connects to: Neoliberalism was a flexible project, not a fixed doctrine with essential content — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 115

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism was a flexible project, not a fixed doctrine with essential content #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 115