Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Reconstruction, Relevance, and Context -- Part One. The Contextual World of Althusius' Thought -- 2 Four Hundred Years of Althusius Controversy and the Need for a New Interpretation -- 3 The Historical Context: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Dutch Revolt against Spain, and the Rise of the Absolutist State -- 4 Theoretical Consequences: Absolutism and Territorial Centralization -- 5 Recourse to Alternative Traditions: Political Calvinism, Aristotle, and Germanic Communitarianism -- 6 The Method: Politica Methodice Digesta Exemplis Sacris & Profanis lllustrata -- Part Two. The Althusian System of Politics -- 7 Consociation: The Principle of Political Community in a Civil Society -- 8 Societal Federalism: A Compound Polity of Particular and Universal Citizenship -- 9 Representation: Problems of Participation and Legitimacy in the Political Process -- 10 Subsidiarity and the Division of Powers: The Balance between Autonomy and Solidarity -- 11 Sovereignty: Organized Unity of Action and a Right to Civil Disobedience -- Part Three. The Relevance of Althusius Today -- 12 Conclusion: Lineage and Affinities -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Schema -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.