[ecrea] 'The People': symposium call for papers organized by the Political Constitutional Theory (PolCon) network

>     Recent social and political developments, including the Brexit
>     referendum result and its xenophobic aftermath in the UK, the
>     presidential elections in the United States, anti-democratic state
>     policies in Hungary and Poland, as well as the political climate
>     of upcoming elections in France and the Netherlands, have all
>     underlined the topicality of the relationship between democracy
>     and popular sovereignty. What is ‘the people’? What is the popular
>     sovereignty that supposedly underlies all democratic regimes? When
>     does democratic politics become ‘populistic’? Is ‘populistic’
>     politics always necessarily anti-democratic, and if so, why? Is a
>     ‘progressive’ variant of populism possible? What are the limits of
>     popular self-determination in a democracy? Can the constituent
>     popular sovereign ‘do no wrong’? How does one oppose
>     anti-democratic populistic tendencies with democratic means? Is
>     democracy a value that can even justify exceptional means?
>
>     The symposium, taking place on 21-23 June 2017 in Helsinki, and
>     organized by the Political Constitutional Theory (PolCon)
>     network (http://blogs.helsinki.fi/politicalconstitutionaltheory/),
>     will address these and related questions on the troubled
>     relationship between democracy and ‘the people’ from a variety of
>     angles.
>
>     Confirmed keynote speakers: Christa Davis Acampora (Hunter
>     College, CUNY, USA), Benjamin Arditi (UNAM, Mexico) and Hans
>     Lindahl (Tilburg University, the Netherlands).
>
>     For more detailed information, please visit:
>
>     http://blogs.helsinki.fi/politicalconstitutionaltheory/thepeople/call-for-papers/
>
>     —
>     Panu Minkkinen
>     Professor of Jurisprudence
>     Faculty of Law
>     P.O. Box 4
>     FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
>     Tel +358 (0)2941 22944
>     Email (panu.minkkinen /at/ helsinki.fi) <mailto:(panu.minkkinen /at/ helsinki.fi)>
>     http://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/person/minkkine
>     https://twitter.com/PanuMinkkinen
>     http://blogs.helsinki.fi/politicalconstitutionaltheory/
>     https://twitter.com/PolCon1

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