From "civil society" to "Europe" : a sociological study on constitutionalism after communism / by Grażyna Skapska.
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TextSeries: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 118.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 253 pages)Content type: - text
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- Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Poland -- Social conditions -- 1980-1989
- Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Constitutional history -- Poland
- Constitutional history -- Europe, Central
- Constitutional history -- Europe, Eastern
- Post-communism -- Poland
- Post-communism -- Europe, Central
- Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
- Pologne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989-
- Pologne -- Conditions sociales -- 1980-1989
- Europe centrale -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989-
- Europe de l'Est -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989-
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- Pologne
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- Europe centrale
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- Europe de l'Est
- Postcommunisme -- Pologne
- Postcommunisme -- Europe centrale
- Postcommunisme -- Europe de l'Est
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General
- Constitutional history
- Politics and government
- Post-communism
- Social conditions
- Central Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Poland
- Since 1980
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- JN6760 .S56 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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From "Civil Society" to "Europe"; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction: The Objectives of this Book; Prologue: Between "Civil Society" and "Europe": Round Tables in East Central Europe as Political and Legal Events; I A Constitution as a Theory of Society; Ii Stalinist Constitutionalism; Iii In Search of a New Semantics: Discursive Resources of Postcommunist Constitutionalism; Iv Settling Accounts with the Past and the Dilemmas of the Law-Governed State; V Dividing the Cake: The Constitutionalization of Economic Order.
Summing Up: Thirteen Theses on Postcommunist ConstitutionalismAppendix One: Election Particpation in Eastern Europe; Appendix Two: Satisfaction with Democracy in Eastern Europe; Appendix Three: Satisfaction with the Actually Realized Model of Democracy in Particular Countries; Appendix Four: Comparison of Evaluations of Democracy and Market Economy in Action in Particular Countries; Bibliography; Index.
In East Central Europe, constitutionalism comprises an effort by postcommunist societies to consolidate around certain values, principles, and rules that would facilitate the formation of a new political architecture as well as a new political identity for their countries. Based primarily on the experience of Poland - in comparison with other East Central European countries - this book debates the specific features of postcommunist constitutionalism. The result is a theory of reflexive constitutionalism (informed by the sociological theory of reflexive modernization) which assesses critically.
English.
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