Fragile Democracies : Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts

Name: Fragile Democracies
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107654549
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ISBN: 9781107654549

by Samuel Issacharoff

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Election Law and Democracy

ISBN-10 1107654548

ISBN-13 9781107654549

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 11th, 2015

Print length 312 Pages

Weight 470 grams

Dimensions 23.00 x 15.20 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Comparative law Election law

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This book examines how constitutional courts protect fragile democratic states arising in the wake of authoritarian rule or amidst deep societal divisions of race, religion, or national background. It covers challenges to East Asian, African, and former Soviet democracies, as well as new developments from the Arab Spring.

Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the democratic ascendency of the post-Soviet era is under severe challenge. While fragile democracies in Eastern Europe, Africa, and East Asia face renewed threats, the world has witnessed the failed democratic promises of the Arab Spring. What lessons can be drawn from these struggles? What conditions or institutions are needed to prevent the collapse of democracy? This book argues that the most significant antidote to authoritarianism is the presence of strong constitutional courts. Distinct in the third wave of democratization, these courts serve as a bulwark against vulnerability to external threats as well as internal consolidation of power. Particular attention is given to societies riven by deep divisions of race, religion, or national background, for which the courts have become pivotal actors in allowing democracy to take root.

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