What political scientists describe as consolidated or western democracies are in a process
of remarkable change and, as in some European countries, face challenges whose …

This book analyses unamendability in democratic constitutionalism and engages critically
and systematically with its perils, offering a much-needed corrective to existing …

This study explores deliberation as a lived experience between individuals engaged in
putatively deliberative practices. While face-to-face deliberation is well documented, there …

This book challenges traditional theories of constitution-making to advance an alternative
view of constitutions as being founded on power which rests on violence. The work argues …

Conceptualising the new phenomenon of constitutional crowdsourcing, this incisive book
examines democratic legitimacy, participation, and decision-making in constitutions and …

There is growing interest in the United Kingdom in holding a constitutional convention (CC)
to deliberate possible reforms to the political system. What form should a CC take? Having …

Since the 1980s, liberal, representative democracy has been increasingly understood to be
lacking in forms of citizen participation, leading to a 'participatory revolution'in the 1980s that …

The paper looks at Democratic Innovations in the process of amending subnational
constitutional documents. Through qualitative approach, it focuses on two case studies …

This paper develops a normative framework for both conceptualizing and assessing various
institutional possibilities for democratic modes of constitutional change, with special …

Modern constitutionalism as an idea and practice is facing great uncertainty in current times.
Scholarly debates focus predominantly on constitutions beyond the state, while the …