Making a 21st century constitution playing fair in modern democracies

Making a 21st century constitution playing fair in modern democracies

"Democratic governments are increasingly under pressure from populists, and distrust of governmental authority is on the rise. Economic causes are often blamed. [This book] proposes instead that constitutions no longer provide the kind of support that democracies need in today's conditions...

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Main Author: Vibert, Frank (Author)
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing [2018]
Subjects:
Constitutional law.
Democracy.
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505 0 0 |g Introduction --  |g Preface --  |g Conclusions  |t Upgrading constitutions.  |t Legitimacy : identification and consent --  |t Benchmarking : rights and normative choice --  |t Missing actors in chains of intermediation --  |t Qualitative rules and the transvaluation --  |t Hierarchy and political persuasion --  |t Constitutions and common knowledge of the new actors --  |t The normative motivation : the role of politics --  |t The emotive : togetherness and fairness --  |t The material motive : problem management --  |t Building blocks and the mix of motives --  |t Diversity and the challenge to established social practices --  |t Obsolescence : the purposive --  |t Obsolescecne : the canonical --  |t Obsolescence : the foundational --  |t Constitutions and democracy : the setting -- 
520 |a "Democratic governments are increasingly under pressure from populists, and distrust of governmental authority is on the rise. Economic causes are often blamed. [This book] proposes instead that constitutions no longer provide the kind of support that democracies need in today's conditions, and outlines ways in which reformers can rectify this. [The author] addresses key sources of constitutional obsolescence, identifies the main challenges for constitutional updating and sets out the ways in which constitutions may be made suitable for the the 21st century. The book highlights the need for reformers to address the deep diversity of values in today's urbanized societies, the blind spots and content-lite nature of democratic politics, and the dispersion of authority among new chains of intermediaries."--Back cover. 
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