A New constitutionalism : designing political institutions for a good society
In The New Constitutionalism, seven distinguished scholars develop an innovative perspective on the power of institutions to shape politics and political life. Believing that constitutionalism needs to go beyond the classical goal of limiting the arbitrary exercise of political power, the contributors argue that it should and can be designed to achieve economic efficiency, informed democratic control, and other valued political ends. More broadly, they believe that political and social theory needs to turn away from the negativism of critical theory to consider how a good society should be "constituted" and to direct the work of designing institutions that can constitute a "good polity," in both the economic and civic senses. Stephen L. Elkin and Karol Edward Soltan begin with an overview of constitutionalist theory and a discussion of the new constitutionalism within the broader intellectual and historical context of political and social thought. Charles Anderson, James Ceaser, and the editors then offer different interpretations of the central issues regarding institutional design in a constitutionalist social science, consider various ways of performing the task, and discuss the inadequacy of recent political science to the job it ought to be doing. The book concludes with essays by Ted Lowi, Cass Sunstein and Edwin Haefele which apply these themes to the American regime. -- Amazon.com
Aufsatzsammlung
ix, 240 pages ; 24 cm
9780226204635, 9780226204642, 0226204634, 0226204642
26931599
Preface Part One: Introduction to a New Constitutionalism 1. What is the New Constitutionalism? Karol Edward Soltan 2. Constitutionalism: Old and New Stephen L. Elkin 3. Reconstructing Political Science James W. Ceaser 4. Generic Constitutionalism Karol Edward Soltan 5. Pragmatic Liberalism, the Rule of Law, and the Pluralist Regime Charles W. Anderson 6. Constitutionalism's Successor 7. Two Roads to Serfdom: Liberalism, Conservatism, and Administrative Power Theodore J. Lowi 8. The Enduring Legacy of Republicanism Cass R. Sunstein 9. What Constitutes the American Republic? Edwin T. Haefele Contributors Index