The democratic boundary problem arises because it appears that the units within which
democratic decision procedures will operate cannot themselves be constituted …

Questions of political membership belong to the most controversial issues in political theory
today. Most of the contributions to these debates, however, leave aside the procedural …

This book provides a general theory of democratic inclusion for the present world. It presents
an original contribution to our understanding of the democratic ideal by explaining how …

In this paper, we argue that the All Affected Principle generates a puzzle when applied to
carbon tax referenda. According to recent versions of the All Affected Principle, people …

How should political power and influence be allocated in democratic systems? That is,
roughly, the core of the boundary problem in democratic theory. As of late, some authors …

Referendums are usually conceptualized as expressing “constituent power” in obvious
settings of constitutional foundation and rupture. However, I argue that if constituent power …

This chapter shows how the construction of political systems influences how issues are
managed and discusses the challenge of locating public services and facilities from an …

Democratic states often claim that their authority rests upon the “will of the people” as
expressed through representative institutions. However, there is an irresolvable conundrum …

The traditional nexus between democratic and territorial boundaries has recently come
under scrutiny. Global challenges have highlighted the limitations of confining democratic …

This book seeks to answer one of the most basic and yet elusive questions about the
democratic ideal: who are the people?'The people'is here used to mean the group that is …