A Constitution I Am Used To? Constitutional Endurance and Replacement in Democratic Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucas Couto (0000-0003-3278-499X, Universidade de Brasília), Amanda Vitoria Lopes (0000-0002-9906-0622, Universidade de Brasília), Adrián Albala (0000-0002-0444-2952, Universidade de Brasília) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brazilian Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1981-3821 • E-ISSN: 1981-3821 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1981-3821202500010001 |
| OpenAlex | W4406758834 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1981-38212025000100201 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
It is well known that during times of social unrest, replacing the constitution is one of the first proposals to emerge, at least in Latin America, as if this constitutional shift could resolve any problem. Constitutional substitution is not a new phenomenon in Latin America; it actually began after the region’s redemocratization. However, it is striking that, despite similar conditions of social unrest, many other countries in the region have not undergone such an encompassing constitutional reform. Our main focus here is to analyze the persistence of constitutions in Latin American countries. We thus ask: What conditions lead democratic countries to keep their constitutions? Using a configurational approach, our preliminary results are promising. Together, four pathways explain why some countries have not replaced their constitutions in democratic contexts, with special emphasis on the number of rights enshrined in these fundamental laws
Constitution · Democracy · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Corruption and Economic Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
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| Highly cited | No |