This Collaborative Volume Offers The First Historical Reconstruction Of The Concept Of Popular Sovereignty From Antiquity To The Twentieth Century. First Formulated Between The Late Sixteenth And Mid-seventeenth Centuries, The Various Early Modern Conceptions Of The Doctrine Were Heavily Indebted To Roman Reflection On Forms Of Government And Athenian Ideas Of Popular Power. This Study, Edited By Richard Bourke And Quentin Skinner, Traces Successive Transformations Of The Doctrine, Rather Than Narrating A Linear Development. It Examines Critical Moments In The Career Of Popular Sovereignty, Spanning Antiquity, Medieval Europe, The Early Modern Wars Of Religion, The Revolutions Of The Eighteenth Century And Their Aftermath, Decolonisation And Mass Democracy. Featuring Original Work By An International Team Of Scholars, The Book Offers A Reconsideration Of One Of The Formative Principles Of Contemporary Politics By Exploring Its Descent From Classical City-states To The Advent Of The Modern State. Presents The First Historical Reconstruction Of The Concept Of Popular Sovereignty. Offers A Collaborative Approach That Features A Diversity Of Perspectives By International Experts. Examines Popular Sovereignty Across An Exceptionally Wide Range Of Periods, Enabling Access To The Full Span Of Historical Coverage.-- Athenian Democracy And Popular Tyranny / Kinch Hoekstra -- Popular Sovereignty As Control Of Office-holders : Aristotle On Greek Democracy / Melissa Lane -- Popular Sovereignty In The Late Roman Republic : Cicero And The Will Of The People / Valentina Arena -- Popolo And Law : Late Medieval Sovereignty In Marsilius And The Jurists / Serena Ferente -- Democratic Sovereignty And Democratic Government : The Sleeping Sovereign / Richard Tuck -- Parliamentary Sovereignty, Popular Sovereignty, And Henry Parker's Adjudicative Standpoint / Alan Cromartie -- Popular Sovereignty And Representation In The English Civil War / Lorenzo Sabbadini -- Prerogative, Popular Sovereignty, And The American Founding / Eric Nelson -- Popular Sovereignty And Political Representation : Edmund Burke In The Context Of Eighteenth-century Thought / Richard Bourke -- From Popular Sovereignty To Civil Society In Post-revolutionary France / Bryan Garsten -- Popular Sovereignty As State Theory In The Nineteenth Century / Duncan Kelly -- Popular Sovereignty And Anti-colonialism / Karuna Mantena -- Popular Sovereignty In An Age Of Mass Democracy : Politics, Parliament And Parties In Weber, Kelsen, Schmitt And Beyond / Timothy Stanton. Edited By Richard Bourke And Quentin Skinner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 359-397) And Index.

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Bourke, Richard; Skinner, Quentin;

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1, PS, 2016

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Cover 1
Half title 3
Title 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
List of figures 9
Acknowledgements 10
List of contributors 11
Introduction 13
1 Athenian democracy and popular tyranny 27
2 Popular sovereignty as control of office-holders: Aristotle on Greek democracy 64
3 Popular sovereignty in the late Roman Republic: Cicero and the will of the people 85
4 Popolo and law: late medieval sovereignty in Marsilius and the jurists 108
5 Democratic sovereignty and democratic government: the sleeping sovereign 127
6 Parliamentary sovereignty, popular sovereignty, and Henry Parker’s adjudicative standpoint 154
7 Popular sovereignty and representation in the English Civil War 176
8 Prerogative, popular sovereignty, and the American founding 199
9 Popular sovereignty and political representation: Edmund Burke in the context of eighteenth-century thought 224
10 From popular sovereignty to civil society in post-revolutionary France 248
11 Popular sovereignty as state theory in the nineteenth century 282
12 Popular sovereignty and anti-colonialism 309
13 Popular sovereignty in an age of mass democracy: politics, parliament and parties in Weber, Kelsen, Schmitt and beyond 332
Bibliography 371
Index 410

2025-10-27