Democratic crisis and global constitutional law

Author(s)

• Thornhill, C. J.

Bibliographic Information

Democratic crisis and global constitutional law

Christopher Thornhill

（Global law series）

Cambridge University Press, 2021

• : pbk

Note

Some copies have author statement: Chris Thornhill

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-261) and index

Summary: "The model of political order known as democracy has developed around the assumption that the exercise of political power becomes legitimate when a political system institutionalizes procedures for the equal representation of members of the population that is subject to it. On this basis, the essential indicator of democratic legitimacy is that a political system expresses the principle of popular sovereignty, and political systems are considered legitimate to the extent that they give effect to the sovereign will of the people. This construction of the legitimate political system first became widespread in the constitutional revolutions that occurred in Europe and America at the end of the eighteenth century. After this time, decisions of the sovereign people were posited as the essential legitimational foundation of government, forming the primary source of binding legal and political norms in a given polity"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

• Democratic subjects and social process
• Democracy and militarization
• Democracy and global law
• Populism as misunderstood democracy

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Democratic Crisis and Global Constitutional Law explains the current weakness of democratic polities by examining antinomies in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations. This book argues that democracy is usually analysed in a theoretical lens that is not adequately sensitive to its historical origins. The author proposes a new sociological framework for understanding democracy and its constitutional preconditions, stressing the linkage between classical patterns of democratic citizenship and military processes and arguing that democratic stability at the national level relies on the formation of robust normative systems at the international level. On this basis, he argues that democracy is frequently exposed to crisis because the normative terms in which it is promoted and justified tend to simplify its nature. These terms create a legitimising space in which anti-democratic movements, typically with a populist emphasis, can take shape and flourish.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Democratic Subjects and Social Process
• 2. Democracy and Militarization
• 3. Democracy and Global Law
• 4. Populism as Misunderstood Democracy
• Conclusion.

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Details

• NCID: BC01088151
• ISBN:
  • 9781108791120
• LCCN: 2020028709
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 269 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K3289.5
  • DC23 : 342
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Representative government and representation
  • LCSH : People (Constitutional law)
  • LCSH : Democracy
  • LCSH : Legitimacy of governments -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB17775109