Constituents before assembly : participation, deliberation, and representation in the crafting of new constitutions / Todd A. Eisenstadt, A. Carl LeVan, Tofigh Maboudi.
2017
K3165 .E39 2017 (Map It)
On loan from Cellar, due 23. Mar 2020
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Author
Title
Constituents before assembly : participation, deliberation, and representation in the crafting of new constitutions / Todd A. Eisenstadt, A. Carl LeVan, Tofigh Maboudi.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017
Call Number
K3165 .E39 2017
ISBN
9781107168220 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1107168228 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781316731659 (PDF ebook)
1107168228 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781316731659 (PDF ebook)
Description
xxii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)975367357
Summary
Under what circumstances do new constitutions improve a nation's level of democracy? Between 1974 and 2014, democracy increased in 77 countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but it decreased or stayed the same in 47 others. This book demonstrates that increased participation in the forming of constitutions positively impacts levels of democracy. It is discovered that the degree of citizen participation at the 'convening stage' of constitution-making has a strong effect on levels of democracy. This finding defies the common theory that levels of democracy result from the content of constitutions, and instead lends support to 'deliberative' theories of democracy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index.
Available in Other Form
ebook version : 9781316731659
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
List of Figures
xi
List of Tables
xiii
Introducing Constitutions as Political Process
xv
1.
Call to Pens (Even If Not Mightier than Swords): How Context and Process Prevail over Content in Constitutional Change
1
2.
Making the Constituents King: How Constituent Deliberation on New Constitutions Democratizes More than Mere Citizen Participation
25
3.
Parchment Politics: The Importance of Context and Conditions to the Drafting of Constitutions
55
4.
Logic of "Top-Down" Elite Constitutionalism: How Imposed Processes May (But Usually Do Not) Produce Better Democracy
84
5.
Logic of "Bottom-Up" Constitutionalism: How Popular Processes Tilt the Odds in Favor of Democracy
114
6.
Interest Groups Versus Individual Participation, and the Gap Between Ideal Constitutional Process and Real-World Practices
143
Appendix A
Additional Statistical Analyses as Checks on Robustness of Models
165
Appendix B
Coding of Pathways According to 27 Possible Combinations
171
Appendix C
List of the Constitutions with the Most Recurring Pathways
173
References
175
Index
193