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Title Patterns of constitutional design : the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making / edited by Jonathan Wheatley, Fernando Mendez
Published Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 184 pages) : illustrations
Contents The constitution-making process: an analytical framework / Fernando Mendez and Jonathan Wheatley -- Patterns of constitution-making over time and space / Fernando Mendez and Jonathan Wheatley -- Outcomes of constitution-making. Democratization and conflict resolution / Jonathan Wheatley and Micha Germann -- Constitution-making in West Africa: keeping the president in check / Jonathan Wheatley -- Transitions from above: the constitution-making process and the consolidation of democracy: the cases of of Spain, Brazil and Poland / Yanina Welp -- Legality and legitimacy. Constituent power in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador / Nina Massüger, Sánchez Sandoval, and Yanina Welp -- Constituent assemblies in Swiss cantons / Ana Tornic, Nina Massüger, Sánchez Sandoval -- Popular input, territoriality, and the constitution-making process: comparative reflections on the European Union's supranational experience / Fernando Mendez -- Conclusion / Jonathan Wheatley
Summary Bridging the gap between law and political science this book draws together divergent research on the role of constitution making in conflict resolution, constitutional law and democratization and employs a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to unfold and explore the political frameworks of the states affected. Comparative analysis is used to investigate potential causal chains between constitution-making processes and their outcomes in terms of stability, conflict resolution and democracy. By focusing on both procedure and context, the book explores the impact of constitutio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Constitutional law -- Political aspects
Constitutional law -- Social aspects
Constitutional law -- Citizen participation
Conflict management -- Political aspects
Democratization.
Political participation -- Social aspects
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Conflict management -- Political aspects
Constitutional law -- Citizen participation
Constitutional law -- Political aspects
Constitutional law -- Social aspects
Democratization
Political participation -- Social aspects
Verfassungsrecht
Rechtsetzung
Form Electronic book
Author Wheatley, Jonathan, 1964-
Mendez, Fernando, 1972-
LC no. 2013000258
ISBN 9781409460893
1409460894
1317083059
9781317083054
1317083040
9781317083047