TY - BOOK ID - 78146325 TI - Patterns of constitutional design : the role of citizens and elites in constitution-making AU - Wheatley, Jonathan AU - Mendez, Fernando PY - 2013 SN - 1317083059 1317083040 1409460894 9781409460893 9781409460886 1299758959 9781299758957 1409460886 9781317083054 9781317083047 9781315599762 9781317083030 9781138267190 1315599767 147240775X PB - Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional law KW - Conflict management KW - Democratization. KW - Political participation KW - Citizen participation KW - Community action KW - Community involvement KW - Community participation KW - Involvement, Community KW - Mass political behavior KW - Participation, Citizen KW - Participation, Community KW - Participation, Political KW - Political activity KW - Political behavior KW - Political rights KW - Social participation KW - Political activists KW - Politics, Practical KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Conflict control KW - Conflict resolution KW - Dispute settlement KW - Management of conflict KW - Managing conflict KW - Management KW - Negotiation KW - Problem solving KW - Social conflict KW - Crisis management KW - Constitutional limitations KW - Constitutionalism KW - Constitutions KW - Limitations, Constitutional KW - Public law KW - Administrative law KW - Political aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Citizen participation. KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Democratization KW - Political aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Constitutional law - Political aspects KW - Constitutional law - Social aspects KW - Constitutional law - Citizen participation KW - Conflict management - Political aspects KW - Political participation - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78146325 AB - Bridging the gap between law and political science this book draws together divergent research on the role of constitution making in conflict resolution, constitutional law and democratization and employs a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to unfold and explore the political frameworks of the states affected. Comparative analysis is used to investigate potential causal chains between constitution-making processes and their outcomes in terms of stability, conflict resolution and democracy. By focusing on both procedure and context, the book explores the impact of constitutio ER -