In recent times, the idea of popular sovereignty has figured prominently in the rhetoric of neo-populist thinkers and activists who argue that legal and political authority must be concentrated in one single body or individual elected by the people to act in its name. The thesis of this article is that, while the notion of popular sovereignty may seem to offer some support to the neo-populist image of democracy, it serves more persuasively to support the idea of a polycentric, constitutional democracy. The constitutional state can be polycentric and yet feature a sovereign. And if this constitutional state is democratic in the sense of distributing power relatively equally amongst individual citizens, thus empowering the people-several, then it will establish the people-corporate in the role of sovereign..

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人民主权和宪政民主

最近，人民主权的概念在新民粹主义思想家和活动家的言论中占据了显着地位，他们认为法律和政治权威必须集中在一个由人民选举产生的单一机构或个人身上，以以其名义行事。本文的论点是，虽然人民主权的概念似乎为新民粹主义的民主形象提供了一些支持，但它更有说服力地支持了多中心的宪政民主理念。宪政国家可以是多中心的，但也有主权。如果这个宪政国家是民主的，在个体公民之间相对平等地分配权力，从而赋予人民若干人权力，那么它将建立起主权角色的人民团体。