@article{910095,
      recid = {910095},
      author = {Nootens, Geneviève.},
      title = {Popular sovereignty in the West polities, contention, and  ideas / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Routledge,},
      address = {London ;},
      pages = {x, 142 p.},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"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 history of  contention within changing polities can help us to draw  similarities and differences with our own age. Providing a  historical perspective to the present day, Nootens pays  strong attention to the role of democratization processes  and to the relationship between meanings conveyed by the  idea of popular sovereignty, political contention, and  changing representations of the governing relationship. The  latter has been undergoing significant transformations in  the last decades, and these transformations impact  significantly upon people's rights, interests, wealth, and  capacity to decide for themselves. In order to understand  popular sovereignty in an era of globalization, this book  argues that focus should be put on current struggles  between rulers and ruled, as well as on current  transformations of the relationship between public and  private spheres. Understanding the claims involved in  current processes of contention over decision-making  processes is key to understanding popular sovereignty in an  era of globalization.Making an important contribution to  debates on sovereignty, Popular Sovereignty in the West  will be of interest to students and scholars of modern  political theory, sovereignty, and democratization  studies"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/910095},
}