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About: Constitution is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 37828 publications have been published within this topic receiving 435603 citations.


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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: The political and social thought of Andrew Arato is discussed in this paper, where the authors discuss the contemporary relevance of Arato's Democratic Theory and its relevance in the modern Republican Executive.
Abstract: Introduction: The Political and Social Thought of Andrew Arato Enrique Peruzzotti and Martin Plot PART I: From Critical Theory to Constitution Making: The Contemporary Relevance or Arato's Democratic Theory 1. Democracy, Anti-politics and the Actuality of the History of Political Thought Dick Howard 2. Constitutionalism in Fragmented Societies: The Integrative Function of Constitutions Ulrich K. Preuss 3. The Concept of "Self-Binding" in Constitutional Theory Hubertus Buchstein 4. Popular Sovereignty Janos Kis 5. Palestinians in Israel: The Constitutional Debates Uri Ram PART II - Civil Society, Populism, and the Modern Executive: Arato's Intellectual Influence in the Americas 6. The Concept of Civil Society and the Latin American Debate on Democratic Innovation Alberto J. Olvera 7. Civil Society in Latin America: From the Excluded Other to Democratic Deepening Leonardo Avritzer 8. Between Authoritarianism and Democracy in Latin America's Re-Founding Revolutions Carlos de la Torre 9. The Bad Uses of the Concept of Populism in Latin America Nicolas Lynch 10. A Trickling Fountain or a Devastating Torrent: Andrew Arato's Theory of the Modern Republican Executive Maria Victoria Crespo Appendix I: Conceptual History of Dictatorship (And its Rivals) Andrew Arato Appendix II: Andrew Arato's Bibliography

119 citations

Book
07 Oct 1986
TL;DR: The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to their hard-won rights and liberties as mentioned in this paper were considered as a danger to our freedom and liberties.
Abstract: The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.

119 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In the European Union, the legislative, executive and regulatory powers are shared by many institutions, so much so that the distinction itself between legislative and executive acts is blurred as discussed by the authors, which would make James Madison turn in his grave.
Abstract: to the United States, the "United States of Europe?" The answer is no. As Article 1 of the recent European Constitution states, Europe is, and will remain, a union of independent countries. Nevertheless, an unresolved tension between those who would like the European Union to evolve into a supernational entity (the federalists or supernationalists) and those who would like it to stay a union of independent governments (the intergovernmentalists) has shaped much of the history of European institutions. The natural starting point for a U.S. scholar studying the process of European integration would be the notion of "division of powers." Europe has developed instead a system of "institutional balance" based on overlapping jurisdictions: the legislative, executive and regulatory powers are shared by many institutions, so much so that the distinction itself between legislative and executive acts is blurred?something that would make James Madison turn in his grave. It could hardly be otherwise. The European Union has been created gradually by a group of established countries with different secular histories, including dozens of internecine wars, and different institutions. The European countries were understandably wary that a single European institution would absorb too much of their own sovereignty; hence the emphasis on balance. But institutional balance and overlapping jurisdictions also lead to turf wars between institutions, to

119 citations

Book
01 Sep 2005
TL;DR: Andrew Rudalevige as mentioned in this paper describes the evolution of executive power in our separated system of governance and discusses the abuse of power that prompted what he calls the "resurgence regime" against the imperial presidency and inquires as to how and why presidents have regained their standing.
Abstract: Has the imperial presidency returned? "Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audiences to anyone interested in how well we govern ourselves. . . . I cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own "The Imperial Presidency.""---Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Has the imperial presidency returned? This question has been on the minds of many contemporary political observers, as recent American administrations have aimed to consolidate power. In "The New Imperial Presidency," Andrew Rudalevige suggests that the congressional framework meant to advise and constrain presidential conduct since Watergate has slowly eroded. Rudalevige describes the evolution of executive power in our separated system of governance. He discusses the abuse of power that prompted what he calls the "resurgence regime" against the imperial presidency and inquires as to how and why---over the three decades that followed Watergate---presidents have regained their standing. Chief executives have always sought to interpret constitutional powers broadly. The ambitious president can choose from an array of strategies for pushing against congressional authority; finding scant resistance, he will attempt to expand executive control. Rudalevige's important and timely work reminds us that the freedoms secured by our system of checks and balances do not proceed automatically but depend on the exertions of public servants and the citizens they serve. His story confirms the importance of the "living Constitution," a tradition of historical experiences overlaying the text of the Constitution itself.

118 citations

Book
10 Jul 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the challenges of constructing and maintaining state and social boundaries in post-socialist Burma, including mental maps and virtual checkpoints, as well as the need to construct and maintain social boundaries.
Abstract: List of contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: 1. Mental maps and virtual checkpoints: struggles to construct and maintain State and social boundaries Joel S. Migdal Part II. On the Eve of the Nation-State: The Ottoman Empire: 2. Do states always favor stasis? Changing status of tribes in the Ottoman empire Resart Kasaba 3. The preamble boundaries of Ottoman jewry Sarah Abrevya Stein Part III. The State and 'Dangerous Populations': 4. 'Dangerous populations': state territoriality and the constitution of national minorities Adriana Kemp 5. Making Myanmars: language, territory, and belonging in post-socialist Burma Mary Callahan 6. Institutionalizing virtual Kurdistan West: pro-Kurdish politics in Western Europe Nicole Watts Part IV. Inscribing Membership and Contesting Membership in the Nation: 7. Challenging boundaries and belongings: 'mixed blood' allotment disputes at the turn of the twentieth century Lauren Basson 8. Belonging and not: civil boundaries in Rossland, BC during the Great War Kenneth Lawson 9. Boundaries and belonging in conditions of extreme politicization: the Chinese state in private and public spaces, 1949-1968 Neil Diamant 10. Reproductions and maintenance of group boundaries: Why the 'secular' Wtate matters to religious authorities in Israel Patricia Woods Part V. Beyond the State: Transnational Forces and the Challenge to the State: 11. Belonging in the PACE lane: fast border-crossing and citizenship in the age of neoliberalism Matthew Sparke 12. Contested boundaries: citizens, states, and the supranational belonging in the European Union Lisa Conant 13. Boundaries of the nation-state and the lure of the Islamic community in Turkey Yesim Arat Part VI. Conclusion: Conclusion Beatrice Hibou Index.

118 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
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20241
20232,090
20224,774
2021860
20201,213
20191,262