By examining the institutions of government through the lens of
constitution-making, Crafting Constitutional Democracies provides a
broad and insightful introduction to comparative politics. Drawn
from a series of lectures given in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the
drafting of the U.S. constitution, the book illustrates the
problems faced by generations of founders, through numerous
historic and contemporary examples. Both Indonesia in 1999 and the
United States in 1789 faced the same basic issue: how to construct
a central government for a large and diverse nation that allowed
the majority of the people to govern themselves without intruding
on the rights of minorities. What kinds of institutions make for
'good government'? What factors need to be considered in designing
a government? Author Edward Schneier explores these questions
through a rich variety of examples from both recent and historic
transitions to democracy. Drawing frequently upon the arguments of
the American Federalist Papers and more contemporary theories of
democratization, Crafting Constitutional Democracies lucidly
explores the key questions of how and why democracies succeed and
fail. A concluding chapter on constitutional change and decline
raises provocative and important questions about the lessons that
citizens of the world's older democracies might take from the
struggles of the new.
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