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30 June, 2016

Power and future people’s freedom: intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism

"Power and future people’s freedom:intergenerational domination, climate change, and constitutionalism", Journal of Political Power, Volume 9,  Issue 2, 2016, pp 289-307. Abstract Intergenerational domina

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig
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09 July, 2019

Democratic legitimacy does not require constitutional referendum. On ‘the constitution’ in theories of constituent power

European Constitutional Law Review, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp. 567-583, doi.org/10.1017/S1574019618000287 Abstract Constitutional referendum – Popular sovereignty – Constituent power – Democratic legitimac

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig
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14 August, 2024

Democratic Legitimacy, Institutions for Future Generations and the Problem of Constitutional Power

Chapter in Hélène Ruiz Valérie Rosoux Alessandra Donati (red.), Representing the Absent, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. Find the full book here > Abstract Recognising widely held concerns regarding ‘presentchapter challenges the contention that democratic legitimacy inexorably requires the inclusion of futuregenerations in democratic decisions. According to two requirements of democratic legitimacy – inclusionand constitutional empowerment – people should be empowered to participate in decisions about policyand law, and to determine the rules structuring the political framework. Drawing a distinction betweenthese requirements, this chapter contends that though it may be feasible to ‘include’ future generations forproxy representation, future generations cannot enjoy ‘constitutional power’.

Type of publication: Chapters | Beckman, Ludvig
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19 June, 2024

Excluding Citizens: Belongership and the Constitutional Demos in British Overseas Territories

Ethnopolitics Abstract Previous literature explains the fact that sub-national elections tend to be more inclusive than national elections by reference to the level of the election. This paper argues th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Beckman, Ludvig , Camilla Wangmar
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19 December, 2016

Camilla Nothhaft: Lobbying - Systems and People

Camilla Nothhaft is a researcher and lecturer at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication. ABSTRACT This seminar will present results from a study on how lobbyists and politicians meet in

Camilla Nothhaft is a researcher and lecturer at Lund University, Department of Strategic Communication.
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15 September, 2022
Kirsty Gover: Aboriginality and Alienage: Legal Pluralism at the Australian Border

Kirsty Gover: Aboriginality and Alienage: Legal Pluralism at the Australian Border

Research seminar with Kirsty Gover, Professor at Melbourne Law School. Abstract The landmark Australian High Court case of Love-Thoms (2020) raised the possibility of constitutionalised Indigenous-sett

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15 August, 2022

Kirsty Gover: Aboriginality and Alienage: Legal Pluralism at the Australian Border

Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Kirsty Gover, Professor at Melbourne Law School. REGISTER AbstractThe landmark Australian High C

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25 November, 2024

A Paradigm Shift in Plain Sight? AI and the Future of Healthcare in the Nordic States

Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research Abstract All the Nordic states (except for Iceland at the time of analysis) have published a national artificial intelligence strategy (NAIS) document

Type of publication: Journal articles | Tucker, Jason , & Michael Strange
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23 September, 2022

The popular sovereignty of Indigenous peoples: a challenge in multi-people states

Citizenship Studies ABSTRACT The doctrine of popular sovereignty holds that the ‘supreme authority of the state’ belongs to the people, not to the political institutions exercising public power. What ar

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mörkenstam, Ulf , & Kirsty Gover
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13 May, 2007

Predicaments in the Futures of Aging Democracies

Alternative demographic scenarios for Sweden are used to illustrate how even very small variations in the assumptions of demographic projections lead to radically different future population structure

Type of publication: Working papers | Thomas Lindh and Urban Lundberg
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