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Author:   Jon Elster (Columbia University, New York) ,  Roberto Gargarella (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires) ,  Vatsal Naresh (Yale University, Connecticut) ,  Bjørn Erik Rasch (Universitetet i Oslo)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.380kg
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9781108446273

ISBN 10:   1108446272
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   08 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction Jon Elster, Roberto Gargarella, Vatsal Naresh and Bjørn Erik Rasch; 2. Constitution-making in the context of plural societies: the 'accumulation strategy' Roberto Gargarella; 3. Constituent assemblies in democratic regimes: the problem of a legally limited convention Gabriel L. Negretto; 4. Constituent assemblies and political continuity in divided societies Hanna Lerner; 5. Constituent assembly failure in Pakistan and Nepal Mara Malagodi; 6. Precautions in a democratic experiment: the nexus between political power and competence Udit Bhatia; 7. A race against time: the making of the Norwegian Constitution of 1814 Jon Elster; 8. Chain of legitimacy: constitution-making in Iceland Thorvaldur Gylfason; 9. Constitution-making and legislative involvement in government formation Cristina Bucur, José Antonio Cheibub, Shane Martin and Bjørn Erik Rasch; 10. The political psychology of constitution-making Jon Elster; Index.

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Jon Elster is Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science, Department of Political Science at Columbia University, New York, and the 2016 recipient of the Skytte Prize in Political Science. He has authored more than twenty monographs, most recently Securities against Misrule (2013), and is currently preparing a comparative analysis of the Federal Convention and the first French Constituent Assembly. Roberto Gargarella has written and edited more than twenty books, including Latin American Constitutionalism, 1810–2010 (2013) and The Legal Foundations of Inequality (Cambridge, 2010). He has been awarded a John Guggenheim Foundation grant, a Harry Frank Guggenheim grant, and a Fulbright grant. He has been a Visiting Professor in Universities in Latin America, Europe and the United States. Vatsal Naresh is a Ph.D. student at Yale University, Connecticut, and focuses on democratic theory, political violence, and constitution-making. Bjørn Erik Rasch has written or edited thirteen books, most recently Parliaments and Government Formation: Unpacking Investiture Rules (2015), and numerous journal articles in comparative politics and political economy.

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