A Constitution of the People and How to Achieve – What Bosnia and Britain Can Learn From Each Other (Paperback)

Britain does not have a written constitution. It has rather, over centuries, developed a set of miscellaneous conventions, rules, and norms that govern political behavior. By contrast, Bosnias constitution was written, quite literally, overnight in a military hanger in Dayton, USA, to conclude a devastating war. By most standards it does not work and is seen to have merely frozen a conflict and all development with it. What might these seemingly unrelated countries be able to teach each other? Britain, racked by recent crises from Brexit to national separatism, may be able to avert long-term political conflict by understanding the pitfalls of writing rigid constitutional rules without popular participation or the cultivation of good political culture. Bosnia, in turn, may be able to thaw its frozen conflict by subjecting parts of its written constitution to amendment, with civic involvement, on a fixed and regular basis; a revolving constitution to replicate some of that flexibility inherent in the British system. A book not just about Bosnia and Britain; a standard may be set for other plural, multi-ethnic polities to follow.

General

Imprint:	Ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild U Christian Schon
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Balkan Politics and Society
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Aarif Abraham
Dimensions:	147 x 212 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-3-8382-1516-7
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	3-8382-1516-8
Barcode:	9783838215167

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