Fernando Mendez, Jonathan Wheatley <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138267190 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional law--Political aspects.<br/>Constitutional law--Social aspects.<br/>Constitutional law--Citizen participation.<br/>Conflict management--Political aspects.<br/>Democratization.<br/>Political participation--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.02