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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: Conceptualizing public participation in constitution-making processes Chapter 1. Participation - to unveil a myth Chapter 2. Letting the constituent power decide? Merits and challenges of referenda in constitution-making processes in Africa PART II: Participation in constitution-making processes Chapter 3. The flawed public participation in the Egyptian constitutional process Chapter 4. The 2011 constitution-making process in Morocco: A limited and controlled public participation Chapter 5. Participation in the Tunisian constitution-making process Chapter 6. The role of participation in the two Kenyan constitution-building processes of 2000-2005 and 2010: Lessons learnt? Chapter 7. The francophone paradox: Participation in Senegal and in Central African Republic Chapter 8. People and constitutions: The case of Zambia Chapter 9. Public participation under authoritarian rule: The case of Zimbabwe Chapter 10. The role of civil society in the Libyan ponstitution-making process Chapter 11. Public participation and elite capture: A yet incomplete struggle towards a new constitution in Tanzania Chapter 12. Mission impossible? Opportunities and limitations of public participation in constitution-caking in a failed state - the case of Somalia Chapter 13. The process of drafting a citizen-driven constitution in South Sudan: Which role for the public? PART III: Participation in context: Does it make a difference? Chapter 14. Wanjiku's constitution: Women's participation and their impact in Kenya's constitution-building processes Chapter 15. Societal engagement, democratic transition, and constitutional implementation in Malawi Chapter 16. Public participation and the death penalty in South Africa's constitution-making process Chapter 17. A success story of participation? LGBTI rights in South Africa Chapter 18. The cross-cutting issue of religion in the Tunisian participatory constitution-making process Chapter 19. Does participation help to foster constitutionalism in Africa? ...
