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Constituents Before Assembly: Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions

Constituents Before Assembly: Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions

Author: Todd A. Eisenstadt; Carl LeVan; Tofigh Maboudi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316619551

Published In: December 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781107168220

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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 consitutions 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.

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

2. Making the constituents King: how constituent deliberation on new constitutions democratizes more than mere citizen participation

3. Parchment politics: the importance of context and conditions to the convening of constitutions

4. The logic of 'top down' elite constitutionalism: how imposed processes may (but usually do not) produce better democracy

5. The logic of 'bottom up' constitutionalism: how popular processes tilt the odds in favor of democracy

6. Interest groups versus individual participation, and the gap between ideal constitutional process and real world practices.

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