PRACTICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Vincent Ostrom's Quest to Understand Human Affairs - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0739126326 ISBN 13: 9780739126325

Casa editrice: Lexington Books, 2008

This edited collection further expands our knowledge about what comprises a successful constitution in both theory and application. Building on the research and analysis of Vincent Ostrom, who as one of America's leading scholars on constitutions has spent a lifetime writing about constitutions in America and overseas. Each essay shows how particular countries, governments, and organizations devise constitutions to reflect their visions of governance and sets of rules for their leaders. On a higher theoretical level, the contributors emphasize the importance of choosing the rules of the political game in order to determine the nature of the game itself. Extending Ostrom's intellectual quest to solve constitutional dilemmas, the scholars gathered here discuss a wide variety of issues, ranging from the problems of water scarcity and local public economies in Africa to the prospect of a new political order in the European North.

L'autore:

Barbara Allen is professor, former chair of the Department of Political Science, and former Director of Women's Studies at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Filippo Sabetti is professor of political science at McGill University. Mark Sproule-Jones is V.K. Copps Professor of political science at McMaster University in Canada.

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• Editore: Lexington Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0739126326
• ISBN 13: 9780739126325
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Sabetti Filippo