Constituent Power Beyond the State - Democratic Agency in Polycentric Polities (Paperback)

The concept of constituent power plays a major part in modern political and legal theory- in how we think about the political. This book tackles the twofold issue of public authority and public autonomy in the modern conception of the political by analysing the notion of constituent power, its function in the modern political apparatus, and debates about its meaning and function in our own context. Focusing on contemporary debates on constitutionalism "beyond" the state, Genevieve Nootens assesses the prospects for recasting the notion of constituent power in a polycentric setting that challenges state sovereignty as embodying the autonomy of the political. She argues that constituent power belongs with the conceptual apparatus of a theory of government peculiar to a statist way of knowing, and being into, the world, and that it is too much dependent upon the statist framework for it to have critical purchase on the new mappings of public authority. Nootens stresses the critical need to frame public authority appropriately if we are to conceptualize a conception of collective political agency that can sustain public autonomy in the current era. Constituent Power Beyond the State will be of interest to students and scholars of political theory, democratic theory, law, and constitutionalism.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Genevieve Nootens
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-211832-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	1-03-211832-6
Barcode:	9781032118321

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