The time of popular sovereignty
Ochoa Espejo, Paulina, 1974-
The time of popular sovereignty process and the democratic state / [electronic resource] : Paulina Ochoa Espejo. - University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 222 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the time of the people -- The mob and the people in Mexico : a historical example of the indeterminacy of popular unification -- A problem in liberal democratic theory : the indeterminacy of popular unification -- Mechanical and teleological conceptions of the people -- A dynamic constitutionalism and historical time -- The people between change and stability -- Creative freedom and the people as process -- A democratic people as process -- Conclusion : radical realism.
"Examines the concept of the people and the problems it raises for liberal democratic theory, constitutional theory, and critical theory. Argues that the people should be conceived not as simply a collection of individuals, but as an ongoing process unfolding in time"--Provided by publisher.
9780271053707 0271053704
Democracy.
Sovereignty.
Constituent power.
Electronic books.
JC330 / .O28 2011
320.1/5
The time of popular sovereignty process and the democratic state / [electronic resource] : Paulina Ochoa Espejo. - University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (x, 222 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the time of the people -- The mob and the people in Mexico : a historical example of the indeterminacy of popular unification -- A problem in liberal democratic theory : the indeterminacy of popular unification -- Mechanical and teleological conceptions of the people -- A dynamic constitutionalism and historical time -- The people between change and stability -- Creative freedom and the people as process -- A democratic people as process -- Conclusion : radical realism.
"Examines the concept of the people and the problems it raises for liberal democratic theory, constitutional theory, and critical theory. Argues that the people should be conceived not as simply a collection of individuals, but as an ongoing process unfolding in time"--Provided by publisher.
9780271053707 0271053704
Democracy.
Sovereignty.
Constituent power.
Electronic books.
JC330 / .O28 2011
320.1/5