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Constituent Power and Constitutional Order

Above, Within and Beside the Constitution

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 1-11
  3. The Reflexive Constitution and Its Critics

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 45-75
  4. Constituent Power, Sovereignty and Government

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 106-136
  5. Constituent Power and Public Opinion

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 137-161
  6. Dialectics of Constituent Power

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 162-177
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 178-202

About this book

Constituent power of the people is a core concept of modern politics but what does this concept actually mean? This book addresses this question, sketching how constituent power of the people has been conceived since the early modern revolutions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University, Sweden

    Mikael Spång

About the author

Mikael Spång is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden. His research interests include social and political theory with particular focus on democracy, human rights, migration, and constitutional politics. He has published articles and books on these subjects, both in Swedish and English.

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