TY - BOOK AU - Ochoa Espejo,Paulina ED - Project Muse. TI - The time of popular sovereignty: process and the democratic state SN - 9780271053707 AV - JC330 .O28 2011 U1 - 320.1/5 22 PY - 2011/// CY - University Park, PA PB - Pennsylvania State University Press KW - Democracy KW - Sovereignty KW - Constituent power KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780271053707/ ER -