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Constituent Power and Constitutional Order

Above, Within and Beside the Constitution

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Mikael Spång

    1. Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University, Sweden

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-11

  3. The Constituent Power of the People in the Age of Revolutions

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 12-44

  4. The Reflexive Constitution and Its Critics

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 45-75

  5. People and State Form: Identity and Representation

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    Pages 76-105

  6. Constituent Power, Sovereignty and Government

    • Mikael Spång
    Pages 106-136

  7. Constituent Power and Public Opinion

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    Pages 137-161

  8. Dialectics of Constituent Power

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    Pages 162-177

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 178-202
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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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