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Democratic consolidation and constitutional endurance in Asia and Africa
A well-articulated response to the growing scholarly conversation on democratic backsliding and resilience, this essay collection considers recent democratising events in Ethiopia, The Gambia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- 1. Decolonising Comparative Constitutional Law (and Democratisation Studies)? -- 1. Introduction: A Distorted Conversation -- 2. This Book: Radically Re-orientating Our Centre -- 3. Comparative Methodology and Theory-Building -- 3.1 The Case Studies -- 3.2 A Different Model for Theoretical Development -- 3.3 Context, Collaboration, and Community-Building -- 4. Our Organising Concepts: Democratic Consolidation and Constitutional Endurance
5. Three Key Features -- 5.1 Constitutional Change: Endurance and Decay as Cyclical -- 5.2 Critical Events and Crises -- 5.3 New Old Actors -- 6. Summary of the Book -- 6.1 Thematic Chapters -- 6.2 Case Studies -- 7. Concluding Reflections: Seeing Non-linear Constitutional Change through New Eyes -- Part I. Thematic Chapters -- 2. Public Offices in Processes of Constitutional Development -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Search for an Organising Concept -- 3. Mapping Changes of Political, Legal, and Constitutional State -- 3.1 Constitutionalism and the Westphalian State
3.2 Office, Status, and Role (in Western Modernity and Beyond) -- 4. Putting the Office Concept into Action -- 4.1 Modelling Competition between the State and Its Rivals -- 4.2 Towards a Minimum Normative Concept of 'Constitutionalism' -- 5. Conclusion -- 3. The Role of Governing Institutions in Attempted Reform Processes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Executive-Legislative Relations -- 2.1 Parliamentary Systems -- 2.2 Presidential Systems -- 2.3 Structure of Government in Comparison: Hybrid Systems -- 2.4 Role of the Armed Forces in Supporting or Hampering Policymaking
3. The Role of Governing Institutions in Reform Processes -- 4. Factors Contributing to Failure (or a General Theory on the Causes for Failure) -- 5. Conclusion -- 4. Here, There, and Everywhere: Locating the Political Party in Democratic Transitions and Backslides -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Parties versus Systems: On the Design of This Chapter -- 3. The Party Regulated, the Party Regulating: Finances, Bans, Suppression -- 3.1 Party Suppression through Party Laws -- 3.2 Business Elites, Transnational Networks, and Party Financing -- 4. Populism, Leaders, and Military Regimes: The Party as a Front
5. The Other Lives of Parties: Contextualising Parties as Organisational Entities -- 6. Coalitions, Dynasties, and Power Networks: Party and Party System Institutionalisation -- 6.1 The Impact of Party Systems and Institutionalisation -- 6.2 Dynasties and Loyalties: Parties as Vehicles for Unreliable Power Negotiations -- 7. Conclusion: Locating the Party as an Organisation -- 5. Constitutional Courts and the Exceptionality of Regime Change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Regime-Type Approach and Its Allure -- 3. Courts in Transitional Regimes? -- 4. The Exceptional Normative Role? -- 5. Conclusion
edited by Tom Gerald Daly, Dinesha Samararatne.
This edition also issued in print: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.