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Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions
出版Cambridge University Press, 2017-07-03
主題Law / ConstitutionalPolitical Science / Comparative Politics
ISBN11071682289781107168220
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ENAoDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Cover -- Half-Title -- Series page -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introducing Constitutions as Political Process -- 1 A Call to Pens (Even If Not Mightier than Swords): How Context and Process Prevail over Content in Constitutional Change -- Literature Review: Adding Political Explanations to Traditional Legal Ones -- Outline of the Book -- Conclusion: The Call for Closer Attention to Constitutional Process -- 2 Making the Constituents King: How Constituent Deliberation on New Constitutions Democratizes More than Mere Citizen Participation -- Introduction -- Designing Constitutionalism and Democracy Database -- What Counts as Constitutional Change? -- Operationalizing Citizen Participation in Constitution-Making -- Empirical Tests of Participatory Constitution-Making on Democracy -- First Stage: Process Does Drive Democracy -- Second Stage: Democratic Convening Matters for Democracy -- Caveats on Formal Constitutional Powers: Rule via Metaconstitutionalism in Mexico -- Implications and Conclusions -- 3 Parchment Politics: The Importance of Context and Conditions to the Drafting of Constitutions -- Constitution-Making Processes: Modes and Actors -- Drivers of Popular Constitutionalism -- Bottom-up Hypothesis -- Top-down Hypotheses -- Statistical Tests and Analysis -- Process Variable Pathways -- Conclusion -- 4 The Logic of "Top-Down" Elite Constitutionalism: How Imposed Processes May (But Usually Do Not) Produce Better Democracy -- Literature Review: Constitutions as Pacts - Democratic or Otherwise -- The Frequent Coincidence of Imposed Constitutions and Elite Bargains -- "Trusteeship" Elitism and Political Theorists' Arguments for Constitutional Stewardship -- Empirical Studies of Why Elites Might Bind Themselves to Constitutions -- Cases in Point: Top-down Constitutional Legacies