The Sleeping Sovereign: The Invention of Modern Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781107570580 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 310 str.

Richard Tuck

Opis

An examination of how the modern idea of constitutional referendums developed and how direct democracy became possible in modern states.

Recenzje

'Richard Tuck is justly known for innovative, deeply contextual scholarship that manages to revise our ordinary ways of looking at the history of political thought. His new book does not disappoint. Indeed, I warmly commend it. … offers the reader a commanding metaphor for rethinking how modern democracy was 'invented'.' Michael Mosher, The Review of Politics

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Jean Bodin; 2. Grotius, Hobbes and Pufendorf; 3. The eighteenth century; 4. America; Conclusion; Index.