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Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014
Karen Gammelgaard (Ed.)
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Description for Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014
Hardback. The Norwegian Constitution is the oldest functioning constitution in Europe. Its bicentenary in 2014 has inspired the analyses in this volume, where contributors focus on the Constitution as a text to explore new ways of analyzing democratic development. Editor(s): Gammelgaard, Karen; Holmoyvik, Eirik. Series: Time and the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JPHC; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
The Norwegian Constitution is the oldest functioning constitution in Europe. Its bicentenary in 2014 has inspired the analyses in this volume, where contributors focus on the Constitution as a text to explore new ways of analyzing democratic development. This volume examines the framing of the Norwegian Constitution, its transformations, and its interpretations during the last two centuries. The textual focus enables new understandings of the framers' negotiations and decisions on a democratic micro level and opens new international and historical contexts to understanding the Norwegian Constitution. By synthesizing knowledge from different realms - law, social sciences, and the humanities ... Read more
The Norwegian Constitution is the oldest functioning constitution in Europe. Its bicentenary in 2014 has inspired the analyses in this volume, where contributors focus on the Constitution as a text to explore new ways of analyzing democratic development. This volume examines the framing of the Norwegian Constitution, its transformations, and its interpretations during the last two centuries. The textual focus enables new understandings of the framers' negotiations and decisions on a democratic micro level and opens new international and historical contexts to understanding the Norwegian Constitution. By synthesizing knowledge from different realms - law, social sciences, and the humanities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Time and the World
Condition
New
Weight
597g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782385042
SKU
V9781782385042
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99-15
About Karen Gammelgaard (Ed.)
Karen Gammelgaard is a Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. Her publications focus on the interface between text and context and include Transforming National Holidays: Identity Discourse in the West and South Slavic Countries, 1985 - 2010 (co-editor, 2013) and Tekst og historie: A lese tekster historisk (co-author, 2008). Eirik Holmoyvik is an Associate Professor at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Writing Democracy: The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014
This is an interesting and timely collection of studies of an important document that is all too often neglected by scholars of other countries and traditions.
Lynn Hunt, UCLA Writing Democracy is a marvelous study of textual practices connected to the use of the Norwegian constitution and is thus situated in the engine room ... Read more
Lynn Hunt, UCLA Writing Democracy is a marvelous study of textual practices connected to the use of the Norwegian constitution and is thus situated in the engine room ... Read more