Constitutional processes and democratic commitment / Donald L. Horowitz.
Enhancing prospects for democracy is an important objective in the process of creating a new constitution. Donald L. Horowitz argues that constitutional processes ought to be geared to securing commitment to democracy by those who participate in constitutional processes. Using evidence from numerous...
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[2021]
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