The Evolution of Sovereignty: From Monarchy to Democracy

In the transition from monarchy to democracy, sovereignty shifts from the emperor to the aristocrats, then to parliament, and ultimately to the people. However, as more people are granted suffrage, the state leans towards the left due to accommodating various interest groups. This is the crisis of parliamentary democracy explained by Schmidt. The decision-making process becomes dissolved in endless deliberation. Schmidt derives his ideas from the political thinker de no.

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