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| fixed length control field |
01708nam a2200181Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781107168220 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
342.029 |
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EIS-C |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Eisenstadt, Todd A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Constituents before assembly |
| Sub Title |
: participation, deliberation, and representation in the crafting of new constitutions |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Cambridge |
| Name of publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
| Year of publication |
2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xxii, 200p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Include Refrences and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Constitutional and political process |
| Form subdivision |
constitutional and administrative law |
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civil rights and law |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maboudi, Tofigh |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
LeVan, A. Carl |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Reference Books |
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