Constituent Power and Constitutional Order - Above, Within and Beside the Constitution

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: M. Spang, Mikael Spang, M Spång, M. Spång
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349480302
• ISBN: 978-1-349-48030-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, History: specific events & topics, Democracy, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political History, World Politics, History, Modern, Modern History, Palgrave Political Science Collection, constitution;government;politics;revolution;sovereignty