Libro destacado: "Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes", profesor Gabriel Negretto
- Explores the relationship between representative and participatory channels of citizen involvement in democratic constitutional rewrites
- Links constitutional change to current problems of democratization
- Offers a conceptual roadmap to help scholars and general readers understand the main features and challenges of democratic constitutional replacements
Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
EDITOR: Gabriel L. Negretto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Contributors: Gabriel L. Negretto, Joel Colón-Ríos, William Partlett, David Landau, Ana María Bejarano, Renata Segura, Solongo Wandan, Tom Ginsburg, Christina Murray, Thorvaldur Gylfason
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: new constitutions in democratic regimes Gabriel L. Negretto
Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Empirical Issues:
2. Constitution making through law Joel Colón-Ríos
3. Expanding revision clauses in democratic constitutions William Partlett
4. Courts and constitution making in democratic regimes: a contextual approach David Landau
5. Replacing constitutions in democratic regimes: elite cooperation and citizen participation Gabriel L. Negretto
Part II. Case Studies:
6. The difference power diffusion makes: explaining divergent outcomes in Colombia (1990–1991) and Venezuela (1998–1999) Ana María Bejarano and Renata Segura
7. Procedural rules and majoritarian politics in Poland (1993–1997) and Hungary (2010–2011) Gabriel L. Negretto and Solongo Wandan
8. Thailand's democratic moment: the 1997 constitution Tom Ginsburg
9. Political elites and the people: Kenya's decade-long constitution-making process Christina Murray
10. The anatomy of constitution making: from Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017 Thorvaldur Gylfason.