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Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s through the 1850s. This is a book about conversations: in particular, the fights and negotiations over the core ideals in the constitutions that brought these frontier communities to life. Silvana R. Siddali argues that the Northwestern debates over representation and citizenship reveal two profound commitments: the first to fair deliberation, and the second to ethical principles based on republicanism, Christianity, and science. Some of these ideas succeeded brilliantly: within forty years, the region became an economic and demographic success story. However, some failed tragically: racial hatred prevailed everywhere in the region, in spite of reformers' passionate arguments for justice, and resulted in disfranchisement and even exclusion for non-white Northwesterners that lasted for generations.

Constitutional conventions --- Conventions, Constitutional --- History --- Northwest, Old --- Northeastern States --- Politics and government --- Social conditions

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Este libro aborda la cuestión de la democracia colombiana, sus características, su desempeño, sus retos, sus debilidades. Se ubica, claramente, dentro de aquellas corrientes que enfatizan el carácter democrático de su régimen político y, desde allí, tratan de descifrar su trayectoria y sus tendencias. Es también, un trabajo sobre el cambio político en Colombia. Por ello, examina en detalle y de manera comparada, los dos principales momentos de cambio de la historia política reciente: el Frente Nacional y el proceso constituyente de 1991. Y descubre en ellos obvias diferencias, pero también singulares semejanzas Entre ellas, ese rasgo particular y paradójico que si bien ha hecho a Colombia infértil para las dictaduras (y habría que agregar para las revoluciones), lo ha hecho excesivamente fertile para las reformas y los cambios a través de procesos pactados y negociaciones sin fin, sin vencedores ni vencidos. El libro intenta, a su manera, alguna explicación sobre la coexistencia de democracia, violencia y buen comportamiento económico. Y busca pensar a Colombia desde la perspectiva de lo que, bajo los conceptos de transiciones y consolidación democrática, se ha trabajado, al menos, en América Latina. Es éste, sin lugar a dudas, un texto que no ofrece respuestas definitivas, pero que tal vez permite hacerse mejores preguntas sobre lo que sucede en Colombia. Y que, tal y como lo señala en las conclusiones, "En definitiva, todo indica que la restringida democracia colombiana seguirá su marcha. De allí que resulte todavía pertinente la preocupación por comprenderla en la perspectiva de descifrar la validez y el sentido de sus condiciones de posibilidad. Pero además, queda abierta la pregunta acerca de si su maltrecha vigencia es, en verdad, indeseable".

Democracy --- Constitutional history --- Constitutional conventions --- Frente Nacional (Colombia) --- Colombia --- Politics and government --- Conventions, Constitutional --- pouvoir --- démocratie --- armée --- XXe siècle --- parti politique --- histoire politique --- Colombie --- Constitution

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The aim of this publication is an analysis of the process of European constitutionalisation and its entanglement with relevant national discourses. Thus, national constitutional traditions in Austria, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are evaluated with regard to the positions of the respective national representatives in the European Convention. Interviews with Members of National Parliaments and of the European Parliament as well as a content analysis of the debate on the future of Europe in print media form the empirical basis of this study.

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This book is a comprehensive review and analysis of the reserve powers and their exercise by heads of state in countries that have Westminster systems. It addresses the powers of the Queen in the United Kingdom, those of her vice-regal representatives, and those of heads of state in the less studied realms and former colonies that are now republics. Drawing on a vast range of previously unpublished archival and primary material, The Veiled Sceptre contains fresh perspectives on old controversies. It also reveals constitutional crises in small countries, which have escaped the notice of most scholars. This book places the exercises of reserve powers within the context of constitutional principle and analyses how heads of state should act when constitutional principles conflict. Providing an unrivalled contemporary analysis of reserve powers, it will appeal to constitutional scholars worldwide and others involved in the administration of systems of responsible government.

Heads of state. --- Implied powers (Constitutional law) --- Heads of government --- Rulers --- State, Heads of --- Executive power --- Statesmen --- Constitutional law --- Judicial power --- Legislative power --- Constitutional conventions. --- Prime ministers. --- Comparative law. --- Comparative jurisprudence --- Comparative legislation --- Jurisprudence, Comparative --- Law, Comparative --- Legislation, Comparative --- Chancellors (Prime ministers) --- Chief ministers (Prime ministers) --- First ministers (Prime ministers) --- Premiers (Prime ministers) --- Cabinet officers --- Heads of state --- Conventions, Constitutional

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