01645     2200205   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036007000300056008003900059020001800098082001200116084001600128245013900144250001600283260003100299300001400330500007500344650004100419520097900460INLIS00000000001018120211014114709  a0010-1021000059ta211014                |          | |    a9781315599489  a342.403  a342.403 PAR  aParticipatory constitutional change :bthe people as amenders of the constitution /cedited by Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou  a1st Edition  aLondon :bRoutledge,c2016  a224 pages  a<a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315599489">e-book</a> 4aReferendum--European Union countries  aThis book explores the recent trend of enhancing the role of the people in constitutional change. It traces the reasons underlying this tendency, the new ways in which it takes form, the possibilities of success and failure of such ventures as well as the risks and benefits it carries. To do so, it examines the theoretical aspects of public participation in constitutional decision-making, offers an analysis of the benefits gained and the problems encountered in countries with long-standing experience in the practice of constitutional referendums, discusses the recent innovative constitution-making processes employed in Iceland and Ireland in the post financial crisis context and probes the use of public participation in the EU context. New modes of deliberation are juxtaposed to traditional direct-democratic processes, while the reasons behind this re-emergence of public involvement narratives are discussed from the aspect of comparative constitutional design.