Whose Sovereignty?
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A01=Celine Spector
Author_Celine Spector
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citizenship
Concert of powers
cosmopolitanism
democratic deficit
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European law
Euroscepticism
eurozone
federalism
federative republic
globalization
Jurgen Habermas
nationalism
populism
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- ISBN 9781788218924
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this carefully argued case for a federal Europe, Céline Spector proposes that national sovereignty has become increasingly untenable as mechanisms perpetuating fiscal, social and environmental inequities transcend borders. Indeed, in the face of Russian aggression and America’s apparent retreat from its protective role, strengthening European integration has become essential and federalization appears increasingly necessary.
Although the concept of the sovereign people has become symbolic within nation-states, Spector show that it has become devoid of substantive political force. Rather than lamenting the decline of direct democracy, she advocates for a democratized European Union that could redefine popular sovereignty and protect human rights. The transformation of state sovereignty need not signal democracy’s end or the subordination of politics to law. Instead, it could facilitate new forms of political community at the European level and enable a reconceptualization of popular sovereignty beyond the nation-state.
Céline Spector is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Université Paris-Sorbonne.
