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The Sleeping Sovereign: The Invention of Modern Democracy - The Seeley Lectures
Tuck, Richard (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
The Sleeping Sovereign: The Invention of Modern Democracy - The Seeley Lectures
Tuck, Richard (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
An exploration of the important distinction in political theory between a 'sovereign' and a 'government' state, from its first appearance in Bodin's writings in the late sixteenth century, through its seventeenth-century treatment by Grotius, Hobbes and Pufendorf, to the eighteenth-century response, and the presentation of 'government' in the American Constitution.
320 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 15, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781107570580 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 310 |
Dimensions | 216 × 141 × 20 mm · 388 g |
Language | English |