The first collaborative volume to explore popular sovereignty, a pivotal concept in the history of political thought.

The forms of liberal government that emerged after World War II are in the midst of a profound crisis. In I Am the People, Partha Chatterjee reconsiders the con

Sovereignty, originally the figure of 'sovereign', then the state, today meets new challenges of globalization and privatization of power.

This book argues that the introduction of popular sovereignty as the basis for government in France facilitated a dramatic transformation in international law i

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from "the people" - is the cardinal doctrine of mode