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The time of popular sovereignty [electronic resource] : process and the democratic state / Paulina Ochoa Espejo.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (x, 222 p. )Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271053707
  • 0271053704
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.1/5 22
LOC classification:
  • JC330 .O28 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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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.

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