423 d88d2a98-9391-4cb5-b12a-f5cf7f8a55f9 Constituents Before Assembly: Participation, Deliberation, and Representation in the Crafting of New Constitutions Todd A. Eisenstadt A. Carl Levan Tofigh Maboudi calibre (4.11.1) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2017-05-30T06:45:25+00:00 <div> <p>Cover -- Half-Title -- Series page -- Title page -- Imprints page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introducing Constitutions as Political Process -- 1 A Call to Pens (Even If Not Mightier than Swords): How Context and Process Prevail over Content in Constitutional Change -- Literature Review: Adding Political Explanations to Traditional Legal Ones -- Outline of the Book -- Conclusion: The Call for Closer Attention to Constitutional Process -- 2 Making the Constituents King: How Constituent Deliberation on New Constitutions Democratizes More than Mere Citizen Participation -- Introduction -- Designing Constitutionalism and Democracy Database -- What Counts as Constitutional Change? -- Operationalizing Citizen Participation in Constitution-Making -- Empirical Tests of Participatory Constitution-Making on Democracy -- First Stage: Process Does Drive Democracy -- Second Stage: Democratic Convening Matters for Democracy -- Caveats on Formal Constitutional Powers: Rule via Metaconstitutionalism in Mexico -- Implications and Conclusions -- 3 Parchment Politics: The Importance of Context and Conditions to the Drafting of Constitutions -- Constitution-Making Processes: Modes and Actors -- Drivers of Popular Constitutionalism -- Bottom-up Hypothesis -- Top-down Hypotheses -- Statistical Tests and Analysis -- Process Variable Pathways -- Conclusion -- 4 The Logic of "Top-Down" Elite Constitutionalism: How Imposed Processes May (But Usually Do Not) Produce Better Democracy -- Literature Review: Constitutions as Pacts - Democratic or Otherwise -- The Frequent Coincidence of Imposed Constitutions and Elite Bargains -- "Trusteeship" Elitism and Political Theorists' Arguments for Constitutional Stewardship -- Empirical Studies of Why Elites Might Bind Themselves to Constitutions -- Cases in Point: Top-down Constitutional Legacies</p></div> Cambridge University 9781107168220 ENAoDwAAQBAJ en