Democracy is usually conceived as based on self-rule or rule by
the people, and it is this which is taken to ground the legitimacy
of the democratic form of government. But who constitutes the
people? Democratic political theory has a potentially fatal
weakness at its core unless it can answer this question
satisfactorily. In The Time of Popular Sovereignty, Paulina Ochoa
Espejo examines the problems the concept of the people raises for
liberal democratic theory, constitutional theory, and critical
theory. She argues that to solve these problems, the people cannot
be conceived as simply a collection of individuals. Rather, the
people should be seen as a series of events, an ongoing process
unfolding in time. She then offers a new theory of democratic
peoplehood, laying the foundations for a new theory of democratic
legitimacy.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!