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Informationen zum Autor Paul Blokker is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the Institute of Sociological Studies, Charles University, Prague. His publications include New Democracies in Crisis? A Comparative Constitutional Study of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia , Routledge (2013); 'EU Democratic Oversight and Domestic Deviation from the Rule of Law: Sociological Reflections', in: C. Closa and D. Kochenov (eds), Reinforcing the Rule of Law Oversight in the European Union , CUP (2016); and, co-edited with Chris Thornhill, Sociological Constitutionalism , CUP (forthcoming, 2017). Klappentext The collection of essays addresses a range of critical challenges - including societal acceleration, depoliticization, civic engagement, multi-faceted constituent power, modernization, populism and nationalism, and transnationalization. Zusammenfassung The collection of essays addresses a range of critical challenges - including societal acceleration, depoliticization, civic engagement, multi-faceted constituent power, modernization, populism and nationalism, and transnationalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Reflections on Constitutional Change in Times of Acceleration 1. Towards Participatory Constitutionalism? Comparative European Lessons Francesco Palermo 2. (Not) Fast and (Not) Furious? (Un)constitutional responsiveness and the Boundaries of Constituent Imagination Zoran Oklopcic 3. The Multifaceted Sovereign: Domestic and International Actors in Constitutional Regime Change Andrew Arato and Gábor Attila Tóth Part 2: Constitutional Reforms in ‘Established’ Democracies 4. Participatory Constitution-Making and the Renovation of the UK Constitution Silvia Suteu 5. Constitutional Paradigms: The Italian 1948 Constitution between Conservation and Reform Paul Blokker 6. Ireland’s Evolving Constitution Jane Suiter, David M. Farrell, and Clodagh Harris 7. The Constitution as a Political Tool in Iceland: From the Periphery to the Center of the Political Debate Baldvin Thor Bergsson Part 3: Constitution-Making, Constitutional Reform, and Deadlock in ‘New’ Democracies 8. Constitutional Revision in Romania: Post-Accession Pluralism in Action Bogdan Iancu 9. Changing Constitutional Identity via Amendment Kriszta Kovács 10. The Rise and Fall of Constitutionalism in Hungary Gábor Halmai ...
