00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000010181 20211014114709 0010-1021000059 ta 211014################|##########|#|## 9781315599489 342.403 342.403 PAR Participatory constitutional change : the people as amenders of the constitution / edited by Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou 1st Edition London : Routledge, 2016 224 pages <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315599489">e-book</a> Referendum--European Union countries This 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.