This book is about the structure and the basic political institutions of a democratic polity in which the citizens would rule as equally valuable and fully part

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 gov

The first collaborative volume to explore popular sovereignty, a pivotal concept in the history of political thought.

Although democracy is in principle associated with popular rule, in practice it is best described as rule by elected elites. This form of government is not only

Sovereignty, originally the figure of 'sovereign', then the state, today meets new challenges of globalization and privatization of power.