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020			_a9789047403135 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9789041118363 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789047403135 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)57061268
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082	0	4	_a342.47 _223
100	1		_aGönenç, Levent, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aProspects for Constitutionalism in Post-Communist Countries / _cLevent Gönenç.
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBrill | Nijhoff, _c2002.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLaw in Eastern Europe ; _v50
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aList of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Conceptual Framework -- 2. Political Culture -- 3. Constitution-Making -- 4. Effectiveness -- 5. Constitutional Change and Consolidation of Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
520			_aThe last decade of the 20th century saw radical changes in Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Most of these countries made a transition from totalitarianism or authoritarianism to democracy and from central planning to a market economy. Adding to the latter, a number of national entities gained their independence after the disintegration of the federative states of the USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Many recent studies have focused on these double, in some cases triple transitions, and scholars from different fields analyzed the so-called "1989 Revolution" from different perspectives. Rather less scholarly attention has been paid to the future of post-communist constitutions and prospects for constitutionalism in these countries. The main questions dealt with throughout this study can be formulated as follows: Will liberal democratic constitutionalism take root in these countries? Will new constitutions in Eastern Europe and the former USSR perish or survive? This study also aims at contributing to the construction of a general constitutional theory by studying the causes and dynamics of constitutional change in general. Such constitutional change is not only on the East European, but also on the West European agenda. The purpose of this study is not to introduce a general theory about constitutional in/stability, but studying post-communist constitutions will help us to understand the causes and dynamics of constitutional change from a broader perspective.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zEurope, Eastern.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		0	_aPost-communism _xFormer Soviet republics.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tProspects for Constitutionalism in Post-Communist Countries. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2002 _z9789041118363 _w(DLC) 2002073166 _w(OCoLC)49905551
830		0	_aLaw in Eastern Europe ; _v50.
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047403135
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