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- Analyzes UN interventions in the process of constitution making in states undergoing political change
- Takes a critical perspective on re-democratization measures developed by the UN
- Presents case studies on Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and East Timor
Part of the book series: Societies and Political Orders in Transition (SOCPOT)
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This book analyzes United Nations (UN) interventions in the process of constitution making in states undergoing political change. It combines theoretical considerations of democracy and constitutionalism with empirical experiences and takes a critical perspective on the interventions developed by the United Nations in the processes of re-democratization. Presenting new empirical evidence on the substantive and procedural way in which the UN undertakes constitution building in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and East Timor, the book illustrates difficulties of these practices such as the promotion of popular participation, as well as an increasing Westernization, and to meet local needs. In consequence, the authors call for reforms of the actions and structural methods the UN to better align a legitimate constitutional order with the rule of law and democratic values. This book is aimed at scholars and students of politics and law who are interested in the prerequisites and conditions for further democratization in states undergoing political transformation.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Carina Barbosa Gouvêa is Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Law at the Federal University of Pernambuco (PPGD / UFPE), Postdoctorate in Constitutional Law of Federal University of Pernambuco (PPGD / UFPE) and Ph.D. and Master in Law of UNESA, and is Coordinator of the Study and Research Group Theory of the Separation of Powers and Crisis of the Brazilian Democratic System linked to PPGD/UFPE.
Pedro Hermílio Villas Bôas Castelo Branco is Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ), Professor at the Law Graduate Program at the Veiga de Almeida University (PPGD / UVA), Doctor in Political Science of past IUPERJ current IESP-UERJ, Master in Law of PUC-Rio, and Coordinator of the Laboratory for Political Studies on Defense and Public Security (LEPDESP).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: UN Interventions and Democratization
Book Subtitle: Case Studies of States in Political Transition
Authors: Carina Barbosa Gouvêa, Pedro H. Villas Bôas Castelo Branco
Series Title: Societies and Political Orders in Transition
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32715-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32714-8Published: 20 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32717-9Published: 21 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-32715-5Published: 19 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2511-2201
Series E-ISSN: 2511-221X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 200
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Politics, Legislative and Executive Politics, Constitutional Law, International Organization