Constituents Before Assembly

Constituents Before Assembly
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781316739372
ISBN-13 : 1316739376
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Book Synopsis Constituents Before Assembly by : Todd A. Eisenstadt

Download or read book Constituents Before Assembly written by Todd A. Eisenstadt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under what circumstances do new constitutions improve a nation's level of democracy? Between 1974 and 2014, democracy increased in seventy-seven countries following the adoption of a new constitution, but it decreased or stayed the same in forty-seven 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. Patterns of constitutions are then compared, differentiating imposed and popular constitution-making processes, using case studies from Chile, Nigeria, Gambia, and Venezuela to illustrate the dynamics specific to imposed constitution-making, and case studies from Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, and Tunisia to illustrate the specific dynamics of popular constitution-making.


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