How important are new constitutions for democratic consolidation? Lessons from the post-communist states
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252942 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison Stanger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democratization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1351034042000238149 |
| OpenAlex | W1984522565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article examines the conventional wisdom that an early legal break with the past is critical for democratic consolidation and finds it to be problematic. The post-communist cases in central east Europe demonstrate that the liberal formula of free and fair elections followed by the ratification of a new constitution is not always desirable and may be sub-optimal when state sovereignty has not recently undergone redefinition. Since both semi-presidential and parliamentarian constitutions have framed stable democracies in the region, the research also indicates that the form a constitution ultimately takes is probably less important than the process that produces it
Communism · Consolidation (business · Constitution · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Ratification · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · European and International Law Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |