Creating a Constitution : Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens /
Carugati, Federica
Creating a Constitution : Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens / Federica Carugati. - 1 online resource (248 p.) : 16 b/w illus. 1 map.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Athens before the Crisis -- 2. Constitution and Consensus -- 3. Stability and Innovation in Athenian Policy -- 4. The Institutional Foundations of Prosperity -- 5. The Paths Not Taken -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Piraeus' Geography -- Appendix B. Piraeus' History -- Bibliography -- Index
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A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world's constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and practitioners alike: how do stable, growth-enhancing constitutional structures emerge and endure? In Creating a Constitution, Federica Carugati argues that ancient Athens offers a unique laboratory for exploring this question. Because the city-state was reasonably well-documented, smaller than most modern nations, and simpler in its institutional makeup, the case of Athens reveals key factors of successful constitution-making that are hard to flesh out in more complex settings.Carugati demonstrates that the institutional changes Athens undertook in the late fifth century BCE, after a period of war and internal strife, amounted to a de facto constitution. The constitution restored stability and allowed the democracy to flourish anew. The analysis of Athens's case reveals the importance of three factors for creating a successful constitution: first, a consensus on a set of shared values capable of commanding long-term support; second, a self-enforcing institutional structure that reflects those values; and, third, regulatory mechanisms for policymaking that enable tradeoffs of inclusion to foster growth without jeopardizing stability.Uniquely combining institutional analysis, political economy, and history, Creating a Constitution is a compelling account of how political and economic goals that we normally associate with Western developed countries were once achieved through different institutional arrangements.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691195636 9780691198712
10.1515/9780691198712 doi
2019931720
Constitutional history--Greece--Athens--To 146 B.C.
Constitutional history--Greece--Athens.
Democracy--History--Greece--Athens--To 1500.
Democracy--History.--Greece--Athens
Law--History--Greece--Athens--To 1500.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
KL4361 / .C37 2019 JC73
320.938
Creating a Constitution : Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens / Federica Carugati. - 1 online resource (248 p.) : 16 b/w illus. 1 map.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Athens before the Crisis -- 2. Constitution and Consensus -- 3. Stability and Innovation in Athenian Policy -- 4. The Institutional Foundations of Prosperity -- 5. The Paths Not Taken -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Piraeus' Geography -- Appendix B. Piraeus' History -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making. More than half of the world's constitutions have been drafted in the past half-century. Yet, one question still eludes theorists and practitioners alike: how do stable, growth-enhancing constitutional structures emerge and endure? In Creating a Constitution, Federica Carugati argues that ancient Athens offers a unique laboratory for exploring this question. Because the city-state was reasonably well-documented, smaller than most modern nations, and simpler in its institutional makeup, the case of Athens reveals key factors of successful constitution-making that are hard to flesh out in more complex settings.Carugati demonstrates that the institutional changes Athens undertook in the late fifth century BCE, after a period of war and internal strife, amounted to a de facto constitution. The constitution restored stability and allowed the democracy to flourish anew. The analysis of Athens's case reveals the importance of three factors for creating a successful constitution: first, a consensus on a set of shared values capable of commanding long-term support; second, a self-enforcing institutional structure that reflects those values; and, third, regulatory mechanisms for policymaking that enable tradeoffs of inclusion to foster growth without jeopardizing stability.Uniquely combining institutional analysis, political economy, and history, Creating a Constitution is a compelling account of how political and economic goals that we normally associate with Western developed countries were once achieved through different institutional arrangements.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691195636 9780691198712
10.1515/9780691198712 doi
2019931720
Constitutional history--Greece--Athens--To 146 B.C.
Constitutional history--Greece--Athens.
Democracy--History--Greece--Athens--To 1500.
Democracy--History.--Greece--Athens
Law--History--Greece--Athens--To 1500.
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece.
KL4361 / .C37 2019 JC73
320.938