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Constitution Making Under Occupation
Andrew Arato
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Description for Constitution Making Under Occupation
Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
The attempt in 2004 to draft an interim constitution in Iraq and the effort to enact a permanent one in 2005 were unintended outcomes of the American occupation, which first sought to impose a constitution by its agents. This two-stage constitution-making paradigm, implemented in a wholly unplanned move by the Iraqis and their American sponsors, formed a kind of compromise between the populist-democratic project of Shi'ite clerics and America's external interference. As long as it was used in a coherent and legitimate way, the method held promise. Unfortunately, the logic of external imposition and political exclusion compromised the negotiations. Andrew ... Read more
The attempt in 2004 to draft an interim constitution in Iraq and the effort to enact a permanent one in 2005 were unintended outcomes of the American occupation, which first sought to impose a constitution by its agents. This two-stage constitution-making paradigm, implemented in a wholly unplanned move by the Iraqis and their American sponsors, formed a kind of compromise between the populist-democratic project of Shi'ite clerics and America's external interference. As long as it was used in a coherent and legitimate way, the method held promise. Unfortunately, the logic of external imposition and political exclusion compromised the negotiations. Andrew ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History
Number of Pages
376
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143028
SKU
V9780231143028
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About Andrew Arato
Andrew Arato is Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory at the New School for Social Research and founding editor of the journal Constellations. He has advised constitution makers in Nepal and the Hungarian parliament, and his books include Civil Society and Political Theory; Civil Society, Constitution, and Legitimacy; From Neo-Marxism to Democratic Theory; The Young Lukacs and ... Read more
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A comprehensive treatment of comparative constitutionalism...recommended. Choice