TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hudson,Alexander
TI  - The veil of participation: citizens and political parties in constitution-making processes 
T2  - Comparative constitutional law and policy
SN  - 9781108878685 (ebook)
AV  - K3165 .H783 2021
U1  - 342.02 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Constitutions
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Constitutional law
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021); Introduction -- Theoretical foundations -- South Africa -- Brazil -- Iceland -- Cross-national analysis -- Participation reconsidered
N2  - Public participation is a vital part of constitution-making processes around the world, but we know very little about the extent to which participation affects constitutional texts. In this book, Alexander Hudson offers a systematic measurement of the impact of public participation in three much-cited cases - Brazil, South Africa, and Iceland - and introduces a theory of party-mediated public participation. He argues that public participation has limited potential to affect the constitutional text but that the effectiveness of participation varies with the political context. Party strength is the key factor, as strong political parties are unlikely to incorporate public input, while weaker parties are comparatively more responsive to public input. This party-mediation thesis fundamentally challenges the contemporary consensus on the design of constitution-making processes and places new emphasis on the role of political parties
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878685
ER  -