We, the mediated people : popular constitution-making in contemporary South America /
Populist leaders define the people as one segment of the population that is unbound by law to centralise power. This book retells the story of constitution-making in South America to develop an alternative theory of how and how not to break law to construct an inclusive people. Braver argues that th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Populist leaders define the people as one segment of the population that is unbound by law to centralise power. This book retells the story of constitution-making in South America to develop an alternative theory of how and how not to break law to construct an inclusive people. Braver argues that through the 'extraordinary adaptation' of old institutions, an inclusive people may illegally create a new constitution but still protect democracy. He examines how populist leaders in Venezuela and Ecuador established semi-authoritarian constitutions through lawless constitution-making while Colombia and Bolivia managed to avoid the same fate by engaging in extraordinary adaptation. |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral - YaleUniversity, 2018) issued under title: We, the mediated people : revolution, inclusion, and unconventional adaptation in post-Cold War South America. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197650660 019765066X 0197650651 9780197650646 0197650643 9780197650653 |