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Sovereignty in a globalised and polarised world?
9 December 2018What does sovereignty mean in today’s world, given trends of globalisation, Europeanisation and also polarisation? -
Whose sovereignty is it, anyway? Catalonia vs Spain
2 October 2017The wishes of the Spanish government and those of the Catalan people are diametrically opposed: 90% of voters in the referendum were for independence - but keep in mind also that only about half of the Catalan people voted. -
Popular sovereignty is not dead
13 March 2017Do the people still have power? Some might feel forgotten and turn to populism promising to give the country back to them. But popular sovereignty is not dead. -
The Democratic Ideal in Light of the Brexit
4 July 2016The day after the “Brexit”-referendum, with a majority of 51.9% voting to leave the European Union, some speak of the success of democracy (“the people have spoken”). Already, there are calls for referenda in other countries to let the people speak there, too. This suggests that independently of our own opinion on the matter, we should be celebrating the referendum as an exercise of direct democracy. Is it worth celebrating, however?
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