Constitution Making During State Building

by JoAnne Wallis

Book Overview

How can fragmented, divided societies that are not immediately compatible with centralised statehood best adjust to state structures? This book employs both comparative constitutional law and comparative politics, as it proposes the idea of a 'constituent process', whereby public participation in constitution making plays a positive role in state building. This can help to foster a sense of political community and produce a constitution that enhances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107666651
• ISBN13: 9781107666658
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"