Public Participation in African Constitutionalism

In recent years, many constitutions in Africa have been drafted anew or considerably revised, with the "international community" often encouraging participatory constitution making processes. This book questions the glorification of public participation and explains what lessons can be drawn from experiences of public participation in practice.

Author: Tania Abbiate
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/23/2017
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781138745872

About the Author

Tania Abbiate is a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Germany.

Markus Böckenförde is Executive Director and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Germany, and a Visiting Professor at the Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary.

Veronica Federico is Researcher of Comparative Public Law in the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Florence, Italy.