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

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’.

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

Professor Kerstin Jacobsson, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, Södertörn University College Seminars host is Stefan Svallfors. The seminars are free of charge and take place at 13.00–14.30 in the

Demokratin och det nya offentliga samtalet

– om nya mediavanor, ökad polarisering och förändrade maktförhållanden Idag präglas det offentliga samtalet inte sällan av en aggressiv åsiktskultur färgad av polarisering. En debatt har uppkommit

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

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

Postponed. New date pending. James Fishkin, Professor of Communication, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and Director of the Center for Deliberative Democracy, Stanford University. Abstract D

Varför pratas det så mycket om faktaresistens idag? Produktionen och tillgängligheten av kunskap har aldrig varit större än idag. Vi har heller aldrig varit så välutbildade som idag. Trots detta menar

Basinkomst – nyckeln till ett fritt samhället och en sund ekonomi?

Philippe Van Parijs, professor vid Faculty of economic, social and political sciences vid Université catholique de Louvain. Medförfattare (tillsammans med Yannick Vanderborght) till boken "A Radical P