Democratic Crisis and Global Constitutional Law

ISBN-13: 9781108496087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 250 str.

Christopher (University of Manchester) Thornhill

Opis

Explains the current weakness of democratic polities by addressing paradoxes in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations.

Recenzje

'This brilliant book revolutionizes many well established assumptions. First, there are no old democracies. Until about 1950 the citizen of law was constituted by the citizen of war. The bonded man became free at the price of national service. Universal suffrage was rigidly coupled to universal conscription. Instead of democracy the people got authoritarian populism. Second, only after 1950 was equal participation of all sexes, nationalities and social classes realized. Third, it was not national sovereignty but transnationally constituted human rights that made democracy. After reading this outstanding book, we know that the only cure against populism is more global constitutional law.' Hauke Brunkhorst, European University Flensburg, Germany

Spis treści

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