Constitutional Democracy in Crisis?

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvMark A. Graber,Sanford Levinson,Mark Tushnet

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Is the world facing a serious threat to the protection of constitutional democracy? There is a genuine debate about the meaning of the various political events that have, for many scholars and observers, generated a feeling of deep foreboding about our collective futures all over the world. Do these events represent simply the normal ebb and flow of political possibilities, or do they instead portend a more permanent move away from constitutional democracy that had been thought triumphant after the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989? Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? addresses these questions head-on: Are the forces weakening constitutional democracy around the world general or nation-specific? Why have some major democracies seemingly not experienced these problems? How can we as scholars and citizens think clearly about the ideas of "constitutional crisis" or "constitutional degeneration"? What are the impacts of forces such as globalization, immigration, income inequality, populism, nationalism, religious sectarianism?Bringing together leading scholars to engage critically with the crises facing constitutional democracies in the 21st century, these essays diagnose the causes of the present afflictions in regimes, regions, and across the globe, believing at this stage that diagnosis is of central importance - as Abraham Lincoln said in his "House Divided" speech, "If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it."

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Utgivningsdatum2018-10-25
Mått234 x 155 x 43 mm
Vikt1 043 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor736
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190919719

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1.: Mark A.Graber, Sanford Levinson, and Mark Tushnet: Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? IntroductionPart I: Background2.: Jack M. Balkin: Constitutional Crisis and Constitutional Rot3.: Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq: Defining and Tracking the Trajectory of Liberal Constitutional Democracy4.: Zachary Elkins: Is the Sky Falling? Constitutional Crises in Historical Perspective5.: Ellen Kennedy: Constitutional Failure RevisitedPart II: Countries and Regions6.: Jennifer Hochschild: What's New? What's Next? Threats to the American Constitutional Order7.: Eric A. Posner: The Trump Presidency: A Constitutional Crisis in the United States?8.: Richard Albert and Michael Pal: The Democratic Resilience of the Canadian Constitution9.: Ana Micaela Alterio and Roberto Niembro: Constitutional Culture and Democracy in Mexico: A Critical View of the 100-Year-Old Mexican Constitution10.: David E. Landau: Constitution-Making and Authoritarianism in Venezuela: The First Time as Tragedy, the Second as Farce11.: Roberto Gargarella: Latin America: Constitutions in Trouble12.: Erin F. Delaney: Brexit Optimism and British Constitutional Renewal13.: Nicolas Roussellier: France and the Fifth Republic: Constitutional Crisis or Political Malaise?14.: Victor Ferreres Comella: Constitutional Crisis in Spain: The Catalan Secessionist Challenge15.: Gábor Halmai: A Coup Against Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Hungary16.: Wojciech Sadurski: Constitutional Crisis in Poland17.: Michaela Hailbronner: Beyond Legitimacy: Europe's Crisis of Constitutional Democracy18.: Heinz Klug: State Capture or Institutional Resilience: Is there a Crisis of Constitutional Democracy in South Africa19.: James Thuo Gathii: Three Types of Constitutional Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa20.: Ozan O. Varol: Stealth Authoritarianism in Turkey21.: Yaniv Roznai: Israel: A Crisis of Liberal Democracy?22.: Manoj Mate: Constitutional Erosion and the Challenge to Secular Democracy in India23.: Rosalind Dixon and Anika Gauja: Australia's Non-Populist Democracy? The Role of Structure and Policy24.: David S. Law and Chien-Chih Lin: Constitutional Inertia in AsiaPart III: Factors25.: Samuel Issacharoff: Populism versus Democratic Governance26.: Desmond King and Rogers M. Smith: Populism, Racism, and the Rule of Law in Constitutional Democracies Today27.: Alexander Aleinikoff: Inherent Instability: Immigration and Constitutional Democracies28.: Kim Lane Scheppele: The Party's Over29,: Ran Hirschl and Ayelet Shachar: 'Religious Talk' in Narratives of Membership30.: Ganesh Sitaraman: Economic Inequality and Constitutional Democracy31.: David Schneiderman: Disabling Constitutional Capacity: Global Economic Law and Democratic Decline32.: Sujit Choudhry: Will Democracy Die in Darkness? Calling Autocracy by its Name33.: Oren Gross: The Normal Exception34.: Robert V. Percival: The Climate Crisis and Constitutional DemocraciesPart IV: Observations35.: J.H.H. Weiler: The Crumbling of European Democracy36.: Mark Tushnet: Comparing Right-Wing and Left-Wing Populism37.: Sanford Levinson: The Continuing Specter of Popular Sovereignty and National Self-Determination in an Age of Political Uncertainty38.: Mark A. Graber: What's in Crisis? The Postwar Constitutional Paradigm, Tranformative Constitutionalism, and the Fate of Constitutional DemocracyList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndex

This edited volume is an informative, insightful, and comprehensive reference tool for those seeking to understand the conditions, causes, and consequences of the contemporary decline in many constitutional democratic orders worldwide. It makes a valuable contribution to the multidisciplinary scholarship in democratization, legal theory, and comparative politics, particularly with its theoretical tools and empirical assessments that improve our understanding of the current defects of democratic regimes.