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“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE”: ORIGINS AND EXERCISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY

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Author(s):
Gabriela Rodrigues da Guia Rosa [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Lua Nova; n. 113, p. 19-56, 2021-10-18.
Abstract

Abstract This article highlights the influences of popular sovereignty as formulated by Rousseau to contemporary political theory. Based on the idea that democracy and popular sovereignty are not necessarily connected, we intend to show how such overlapping is rooted in conception of people inherited from the Rousseaunian ideals. Also, we highlight how the distinction between the origins and the actual exercise of political power still affects our thoughts on democracy and popular sovereignty. We argue that this distinction drove political theory away from debates on democracy, sovereignty and the constituent power of the people. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 18/02426-9 - One, no one, one thousand: who is the people founding democratic societies?
Grantee:Gabriela Rodrigues da Guia Rosa
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate