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Prospects for constitutionalism in post-communist countries.
The last decade of the 20th century saw radical changes in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Most of these countries made a transition from totalitarianism or authoriatarianism to democracy and from central planning to a market economy. Adding to the latter, a number of national entities gained th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. Conceptual Framework; 1.1. Introduction; A Legal Approach to Constitutions; A Political Approach to Constitutions; Comparative or Case Studies; 1.2. Basic Definitions; Political System, Regime, Constitution; 1.3. Constitutional Stability and Change; 1.4. Conclusions; Chapter 2. Political Culture; 2.1. Introduction; The Concept of Culture; Criticism of the Civic-Culture Approach; The Concept of Political Culture; Religion and Economics as the Determinants of Political Culture; Liberal Democratic Political Culture.
- 2.2. Pre-Communist Political Culture and ConstitutionalismGermanic and Slavic Tribal Kingdoms; Medieval Constitutionalism in Europe; Comparing European Medieval Constitutionalism with Constitutionalism in Russia and the Balkans; 2.2.1. First Stage of the First Great Transformation of European Political Culture; 2.2.2. Second Stage of the First Great Transformation of European Political Culture; 2.2.3. The Age of Nationalism; 2.2.4. The Impact of Liberal Constitutionalism in Russia; 2.2.5. The Second Great Transformation of European Political Culture.
- 2.2.6. Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism in the Inter-War Years2.2.7. Conclusions; 2.3. Communist Political Culture and Constitutionalism; Communist Rejection of the Principle of Separation of Powers; Communist Rejection of the Principle of the Rule of Law; 2.4. Post-Communist Political Culture and Constitutionalism; Popular Support for Democratic Norms and Principles and Conditions of Constitutional Changes within Regimes; Post-Communist Political Culture and Post-Communist Constitutions; 2.5. Conclusions; Chapter 3. Constitution-Making; 3.1. Introduction; Constitution-Making.
- 3.2. Transition to DemocracyRevolution or Transition to Democracy; Modes of Transition; 3.3. Constitution-Making; Elite Characteristics of Constitution-Making; Constituent or National Assemblies; Election of Constitution-Makers; Constitution-Making Style; Ratification of Constitutions; Timing of Constitution-Making; 3.4. Transition to Democracy and Constitution-Making in Eastern Europe; 3.4.1. Poland; 3.4.2. Hungary; 3.4.3. Czechoslovakia; 3.4.4. Bulgaria; 3.4.5. Romania; 3.4.6. Albania; 3.5. Conclusions; 3.6. Transition to Democracy and Constitution-Making in the Former USSR; 3.6.1. USSR.
- 3.6.2. The Russian Federation3.6.3. Baltic Republics; 3.6.4. Ukraine; 3.6.5. Transcaucasia; 3.6.6. Moldova; 3.6.7. Belarus; 3.6.8. Central Asia; 3.7. Conclusions; Chapter 4. Effectiveness; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Definition of Effectiveness; Functions of Constitutions; 4.3. Rights and Liberties in Post-Communist Constitutions; Rights, Human Rights, Legal Rights and Constitutional Rights; Liberal and Socialist Conceptions of Human Rights; 4.3.1. Civil Liberties; 4.3.2. Political Rights; 4.3.3. Conclusions; 4.3.4. Social and Economic Rights.