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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 the legitimacy and effectiveness of state institutions because a liberal-local hybrid can emerge to balance international liberal practices with local customary ones. This book represents a sustained attempt to examine the role that public participation has played during state building and the consequences it has had for the performance of the state. It is also the first attempt to conduct a detailed empirical study of the role played by the liberal-local-hybrid approach in state building.

Constitutional law --- Political participation --- Constituent power --- Representative government and representation --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Parliamentary government --- Political representation --- Representation --- Self-government --- Constitutional history --- Political science --- Democracy --- Elections --- Republics --- Suffrage --- Legislative power --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Interpretation and construction --- Constitutional law - Timor-Leste - Interpretation and construction --- Constitutional law - Papua New Guinea - Bougainville Island - Interpretation and construction --- Political participation - Timor-Leste --- Political participation - Papua New Guinea - Bougainville Island --- Constituent power - Timor-Leste --- Constituent power - Papua New Guinea - Bougainville Island --- Representative government and representation - Timor-Leste --- Representative government and representation - Papua New Guinea - Bougainville Island --- Timor-Leste --- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée