TY - BOOK AU - Fernando Mendez, Jonathan Wheatley AU - Wheatley,Jonathan AU - Mendez,Fernando TI - Patterns of constitutional design: the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making SN - 9781138267190 U1 - 342.02 PY - 2016/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Constitutional law KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Citizen participation KW - Conflict management KW - Democratization KW - Political participation N1 - 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 ER -