The sociology of sovereignty

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The sociology of sovereignty is written by Terje Rasmussen and published by Manchester University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1526170809 (ISBN 10) and 9781526170804 (ISBN 13).

The book examines the intellectual history of the concept of sovereignty from a sociological perspective. Informed by the sociologists Max Weber and Niklas Luhmann, it addresses the concept as the centre of constitutional controversy and as a resource to deal with paradoxes of power in constitutional democracies. It discusses the dilemmas of sovereignty that appear in the wake of the emphasis on political representation, human rights and European integration. The book marks a significant contribution to the scholarly debate on the foundation of constitutional democracy.