Majorities for Minorities: Participatory Constitution Making and the Protection of Minority Rights
| Autor: | Alexander Hudson, Anna Fruhstorfer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Sociology and Political Science Human rights Constitution media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Direct democracy Citizen journalism 02 engineering and technology Public administration Affect (psychology) 0506 political science Public participation Political science 050602 political science & public administration Minority rights media_common |
| Zdroj: | Political Research Quarterly. 75:103-117 |
| ISSN: | 1938-274X 1065-9129 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1065912920984246 |
| Popis: | Does the process of making a constitution affect the expansiveness of rights protections in the constitution? In particular, is more participation in constitution-making processes better for minority rights protections? While the process of constitution making and its impact on various outcomes have received significant attention, little is known about the impact public participation or deliberation in this process has on the scope and content of minority rights. Using a wide variety of data to empirically assess the relationship between constitution-making processes and the protection of rights for minorities, we find a positive relationship between participatory drafting processes and the inclusion of minority protections in constitutions under some conditions. The article’s findings have important implications for understanding political representation and lend support to core arguments about the role of the public in constitutional design. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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