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Public participation is a vital part of constitution-making
processes around the world, but we know very little about the
extent to which participation affects constitutional texts. In this
book, Alexander Hudson offers a systematic measurement of the
impact of public participation in three much-cited cases - Brazil,
South Africa, and Iceland - and introduces a theory of
party-mediated public participation. He argues that public
participation has limited potential to affect the constitutional
text but that the effectiveness of participation varies with the
political context. Party strength is the key factor, as strong
political parties are unlikely to incorporate public input, while
weaker parties are comparatively more responsive to public input.
This party-mediation thesis fundamentally challenges the
contemporary consensus on the design of constitution-making
processes and places new emphasis on the role of political parties.
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