When the People Rule

Popular Sovereignty in Theory and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-00-926378-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: SSRC Anxieties of Democracy

In recent decades, popular sovereignty has come under increasing pressure. The rise of populism, often illiberal or authoritarian, has undermined minority rights, individual autonomy, and rule of law. The expansion of international institutions and greater reliance on market and non-governmental organizations have gradually insulated large areas of policymaking from public control. In turn, these developments cast doubt on the viability and desirability of liberal democracy itself. When the People Rule argues that comprehending and responding to the political crises of our time requires a radical refocusing on popular sovereignty. Each chapter offers a fresh perspective and opens new avenues of inquiry into popular sovereignty, advancing debate over the very heart of this principle - what it means for the people to rule. Thorough and timely, this volume is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Atanassow, Ewa

Bartscherer, Thomas

Bateman, David A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Ewa Atanassow, Thomas Bartscherer and David Bateman; Part I. 1. Plato and the problems of modern politics Thomas Bartscherer; 2. The sovereign and the tyrant: boundaries and violation in oedipus Elizabeth K. Markovits; 3. The fact of fiction: Popular sovereignty as belief and reality Ioannis D. Evrigenis; 4. Thomas hobbes and the making of popular sovereignty Richard Boyd; 5. Popular sovereignty on trial: Tocqueville vs Schmitt Ewa Atanassow; Part II. 6. 'As god rules the universe': reflections on the people and the state in early America Ira Katznelson; 7. The sovereign people and the liberal democratic state David A. Bateman; 8. Three vignettes: popular sovereignty in French history Daniella Sarnoff; 9. The founding of India and popular sovereignty Ornit Shani; 10. The 'other' boundary problem: fictions of popular sovereignty at the state's edge Matthew Longo; 11. The #BlackLivesMatter movement and black public opinion: a new populist divide in the black community? Alvin B. Tillery; 12. Popular sovereignty and recognition H. Abbie Erler; 13. Populism, popular sovereignty, and periphery Julia R. Azari and Alexis Nemecek; Part III. 14. The place of constitutional courts in regimes embracing popular sovereignty: recent problems in American Self-Governance Carol Nackenoff; 15. Popular sovereignty, populism, and stories of peoplehood Rogers M. Smith; 16. Popular Sovereignty in the Trump Era: a case study of pedagogy and practice Nicole Mellow and Andrew J. Perrin; 17. The voices of the people Adam Davis.

Über Autor(innen)

Atanassow, Ewa
Ewa Atanassow is Professor of Political Thought at Bard College, Berlin. She is the author of Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization (2022).

Bateman, David A
David A. Bateman is Associate Professor in Government and the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. He is the author Disenfranchising Democracy (2018) and co-author of Southern Nations (2018).

Bartscherer, Thomas
Thomas Bartscherer is the Peter Sourian Senior Lecturer in the Humanities at Bard College. He is co-editor of the critical edition of Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, Switching Codes: Thinking Through Digital Technology in the Humanities and Arts and Erotikon: Essay on Eros, Ancient and Modern.