Constituent Power and Constitutional Order

Above, Within and Beside the Constitution
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-38299-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 3698 g

Constituent power of the people is a core concept of modern politics but what does this concept actually mean? This book addresses this question, sketching how constituent power of the people has been conceived since the early modern revolutions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spång, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Constituent Power of the People in the Age of Revolutions 2. The Reflexive Constitution and Its Critics 3. People and State Form: Identity and Representation 4. Constituent Power, Sovereignty, and Government 5. Constituent Power and Public Opinion 6. Dialectics of Constituent Power

Über Autor(innen)

Mikael Spång is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden. His research interests include social and political theory with particular focus on democracy, human rights, migration, and constitutional politics. He has published articles and books on these subjects, both in Swedish and English.