Constitutionalizing world politics : the logic of democratic power and the unintended consequences of international treaty making / Karolina M. Milewicz, University of Oxford.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xvii, 353 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Constitutionalization of World Politics-Seriously? -- Constitutional Elements -- National Constitutionalization -- International Constitutionalization -- The Logic of Democratic Power and Cooperation over International Rules -- Cooperation over International Rules : Evidence from Treaty Making -- Prospects of Constitutionalization in World Politics
Summary:
"The idea of a "world constitution" is nothing new. Idealist intellectuals and practitioners have long dreamed about a world constitution (Mazower 2012; cf. Baratta 2004; Hutchins 1948). Whether it is a feasible idea is an entirely different matter, and realist scholars have long dismissed it entirely (Carr 1946). I address this issue in this chapter, demonstrating that - despite past attempts to devise a constitution governing the international community, and the recently resurrected debate of "constitutionalism beyond the state" - a world constitution remains a distant ideal in light of political realities. If at all, constitutional trends in world politics must be met with realistic skepticism and understood in terms of a slow and irregular, though ongoing, process called constitutionalization"-- Provided by publisher.
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