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Informationen zum Autor Gilles Tarabout is a social anthropologist. He is Senior Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Director of the South Asia programme of collaboration in the social sciences and the humanities, Foundation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, and Visiting Professor at the University Paris X - Nanterre. Ranabir Samaddar is Director, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, and has been vitally involved in initiating peace studies programmes in South Asia. He has worked extensively on issues of justice and rights in the context of conflicts in South Asia. The Politics of Dialogue is the culmination of his work on justice, rights, and peace. Klappentext Contributed articles presented at the national conference moderated by Maison des sciences de l'hommes, Paris on February 16-18, 2005. Zusammenfassung This book critically examines the implication of a constitution of law for a political society. Based on comparative studies in several countries across three continents, the book centrally deals with issues of constitutionalism, political representation and citizenship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Conflict, Power, and the Landscape of Constitutions Ranabir Samaddar 1. Constitution Making in the Process of Decolonisation Dietmar Rothermund 2. The Extra-ordinary State – French Rule in Algeria Olivier Le Cour Gransmaison 3. Law and Terror in the Age of Constitution Making Ranabir Samaddar 4. The Citizen and Subject: A Postcolonial Constitution for the European Union? Sandro Mezzadra 5. The Silent Erosion: Anti-Terror Laws and Shifting Contours of Jurisprudence in India Ujjwal Kumar Singh 6. The Post-communist Revolution in Russia and the Genesis of Representative Democracy Artemy Magun 7. The Acts and Facts of Women’s Autonomy in India Paula Banerjee 8. The Limits of Constitutional Law: Public Policies and the Constitution Afonso Da Silva 9. Regulation of the Particular and its Socio-Political Effects Rastko Moènik 10. Constitutionalism in Pakistan: The Lingering Crisis of Diarchy Mohammad Waseem ...
