A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions: Suppressed Civil War and Colonized Citizens

by Chris Thornhill

Covering the period from the eighteenth century to the present, A Sociology of Post-Imperial Constitutions combines global history and historical legal sociology to explain how democratic constitutions were created by imperialism and military policies related to imperialism. It challenges common views about the relation between democracy and peace, examining how, in different locations and different periods, the constitutional ordering of citizenship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316513947
• ISBN13: 9781316513941
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 450 Pages