The Invisible Constitution of Politics

Contested Norms and International Encounters

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ID23389688
AuthorsAntje Wiener (0000-0002-3882-3331, University of Bath, corresponding author)
Year2008
Publication date2008-08-14
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueInvisible Constitution of Politics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511490408
OpenAlexW640763090
Open LibraryOL34440362M
ISBN9780511490408
LanguageEN
Citations received153
References cited119

As social practices now frequently extend beyond national boundaries, experiences and expectations about fair and legitimate politics have become increasingly fragmented. Our ability to understand and interpret others and to tolerate difference, rather than overcome diversity, is therefore at risk. This book focuses on the contested meanings of norms in a world of increasing international encounters. The author argues that cultural practices are less visible than organisational practices, but are constitutive for politics and need to be understood and empirically 'accounted' for. Comparing four elite groups in Europe, Antje Wiener shows how this invisible constitution of politics matters. By comparing individual interpretations of norms such as democracy and human rights, she shows how they can mean different things, even to frequently travelling elite groups.

Citizenship · Constitution · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Dual (grammatical number) · Epistemology · Human rights · Law and economics · Meaning (existential) · Modernity · Normative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Philosophy · Comparative government · Constitutional law · World politics

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