Machiavelli and the nature of political thought

Introduction

Political theory as a vocation / Sheldon Wolin

Two concepts of politics and democracy: James and John Stuart Mill / Alan Ryan

A passion for politics: the vital core of the world of Machiavelli / Martin Fleisher ; commentary: Anthony Parel

Custom and grace, form and matter: an approach to Machiavelli's concept of innovation / J.G.A. Pollock ; commentary: Brayton Polka

The time motif in Machiavelli / Robert Orr

Party and sect in Machiavelli's Florentine histories / Harvey Mansfield, Jr. ; commentary: Mark Phillips, J.A. Gunn

The values of asocial sociability: contributions of Machiavelli, Sidney, and Montesquieu / Neal Wood.