When the People Rule

Popular Sovereignty in Theory and Practice
Herausgeber: Atanassow, Ewa; Bateman, David A; Bartscherer, Thomas

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume re-examines popular sovereignty, a vital principle of modern politics jeopardized by deepening polarization and the global rise of authoritarian populism. Eighteen cutting-edge contributions from scholars and practitioners engage with the dilemmas of popular sovereignty through interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• SSRC Anxieties of Democracy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 756g
• ISBN-13: 9781009263788
• ISBN-10: 1009263781
• Artikelnr.: 65040363

Inhaltsangabe

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.