Patterns of constitutional design : the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making /

Fernando Mendez, Jonathan Wheatley

Patterns of constitutional design : the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making / edited by Jonathan Wheatley, Fernando Mendez ; both at Centre for Research on Direct Democracy (c2d), Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. - 1st ed . - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2016. - xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and index.

Introduction / Fernando Mendez and Jonathan Wheatley -- The constitution-making process : an analytical framework / Fernando Mendez and Jonathan Wheatley -- Patterns of constitution-making over time and space / Fernando Mendez and Jonathan Wheatley -- Outcomes of constitution-making : democratization and conflict resolution / Jonathan Wheatley and Micha Germann -- Constitution-making in West Africa : keeping the president in check / Jonathan Wheatley -- Transitions from above : the constitution-making process and the consolidation of democracy : the cases of of Spain, Brazil and Poland / Yanina Welp -- Legality and legitimacy : constituent power in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador / Nina Massüger, Sánchez Sandoval, and Yanina Welp -- Constituent assemblies in Swiss cantons / Ana Tornic, Nina Massüger, Sánchez Sandoval -- Popular input, territoriality, and the constitution-making process : comparative reflections on the European Union's supranational experience / Fernando Mendez -- Conclusion / Jonathan Wheatley.

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Constitutional law--Political aspects.
Constitutional law--Social aspects.
Constitutional law--Citizen participation.
Conflict management--Political aspects.
Democratization.
Political participation--Social aspects.

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