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The time of popular sovereignty : process and the democratic state
- Title
- The time of popular sovereignty : process and the democratic state / Paulina Ochoa Espejo.
- Author
- Ochoa Espejo, Paulina, 1974-
- Publication
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-935 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 222 p.; 24 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-935
- ISBN
- 9780271037967 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271037962 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010044098
- OCLC
- YBP 2010044098
- Author
- Ochoa Espejo, Paulina, 1974-
- Title
- The time of popular sovereignty : process and the democratic state / Paulina Ochoa Espejo.
- Imprint
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-935