"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 …
Die Studie stellt das für die Ideengeschichte und die politische Praxis zentrale Konzept der Souveränität infrage. Denn dieses Konzept wird durch die "Ironie der Geschichte" im Grunde obsolet: Das staatliche Gewaltmonopol, so zeigt Daniel Loick anhand der Entwicklung des moderne…
An original, path-breaking exploration of power in contemporary social science and humanities, from one of the biggest names in the field today.
This is an original, path-breaking exploration of power in contemporary social science and humanities, from one of the biggest names in the field today.
This is an original, path-breaking exploration of power in contemporary social science and humanities, from one of the biggest names in the field today.
The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power rivalries, or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behavior is mostly governed by material interests that principally involve the quest fo…
The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power rivalries, or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behavior is mostly governed by material interests that principally involve the quest fo…
"Through fourteen original essays, the book seeks to understand the viability of the notion of sovereignty in a globalized world, thus taking into account the inclusion of a language of rights, limitation and legitimacy. It examines sovereignty using a normative approach"--
"This book is an inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled. It builds on the notion that a thorough analysis of how the idea of popular sovereignty emerges from, and interacts with, a political his…
