Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes

Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
Herausgeber: Negretto, Gabriel L

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes how replacing democratic constitutions may contribute to the improvement or erosion of democratic principles and practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781108839846
• ISBN-10: 1108839843
• Artikelnr.: 59911327

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: new constitutions in democratic regimes Gabriel L.
Negretto; Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Empirical Issues: 2.
Constitution making through law Joel Colón-Ríos; 3. Expanding revision
clauses in democratic constitutions William Partlett; 4. Courts and
constitution making in democratic regimes: a contextual approach David
Landau; 5. Replacing constitutions in democratic regimes: elite cooperation
and citizen participation Gabriel L. Negretto; Part II. Case Studies: 6.
The difference power diffusion makes: explaining divergent outcomes in
Colombia (1990-1991) and Venezuela (1998-1999) Ana María Bejarano and
Renata Segura; 7. Procedural rules and majoritarian politics in Poland
(1993-1997) and Hungary (2010-2011) Gabriel L. Negretto and Solongo Wandan;
8. Thailand's democratic moment: the 1997 constitution Tom Ginsburg; 9.
Political elites and the people: Kenya's decade-long constitution-making
process Christina Murray; 10. The anatomy of constitution making: from
Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017 Thorvaldur Gylfason.