The Sociology of Sovereignty

Politics, Social Transformations and Conceptual Change

Terje Rasmussen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2023
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7081-1 (ISBN)

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The book examines the intellectual history of the concept of sovereignty and argues that its essential value lies in its historical role as a political instrument to handle paradoxes of power. -- .

The book examines the intellectual history of the concept of sovereignty from a sociological perspective. Informed by the sociologists Max Weber and Niklas Luhmann, it addresses the concept as the centre of constitutional controversy and as a resource to deal with paradoxes of power in constitutional democracies. It discusses the dilemmas of sovereignty that appear in the wake of the emphasis on political representation, human rights and European integration. The book marks a significant contribution to the scholarly debate on the foundation of constitutional democracy. -- .

Terje Rasmussen is a sociologist and Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oslo -- .

Preface
Introduction: a concept in action
1 A sociology of constitutions
2 Political uses of ‘sovereignty’: sociological methodologies
3 Paradox: early modern formulations of sovereignty
4 Differentiation: national sovereignty and the sovereign state
5 The political, politics and sociology
6 Constitutional symbolism
7 Human rights versus state sovereignty
8 Federal sovereignty?
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	14.11.2023
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-5261-7081-7 / 1526170817
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-7081-1 / 9781526170811
Zustand	Neuware