Hanna Lerner

Making Constitutions in Deeply Divided Societies

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Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of how a constitution may be drafted in societies which lack entrenched common values.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781107005150
• ISBN-10: 1107005159
• Artikelnr.: 32700112

Autorenporträt

Hanna Lerner is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a visiting fellow at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Constitutions, Democracy, Identity: 1. Introduction
2. Three paradigms of democratic constitutions
3. The incrementalist approach to constitution-making
Part II. Varieties of Constitutional Incrementalism: 4. Informal consociationalism in Israel
5. Constructive ambiguity in India
6. Symbolic ambivalence in Ireland
Part III. For and Against Constitutional Incrementalism: 7. Normative arguments for constitutional incrementalism
8. Potential dangers
9. Conclusion.