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Revisiting the EU's Democratic Deficit: Archival Insights From Maximalist Federalists

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1574-1593, July 2026.
Abstract This article explores the history of democratic problematisation of European integration, rather than taking part in the normative debate on the European Union's democratic legitimacy deficit that emerged in the 1990s. We focus on the narratives of non‐institutional actors who have considered that European integration should be a democratic ...
Jessy Bailly
wiley   +1 more source

Constitutionalism, quasi-constitutionalism, and representative democracy: the case of Bulgaria

open access: yes, 2010
This paper advances a conception of quasi-constitutionalism, consisting of far-reaching but legally unenforceable constraints and limits on the power of political majorities in areas such as economic policy, foreign relations, and social policy.
Smilov, Daniel
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Negotiating Global Citizenship and Nationalism: Shifting Paradigms in Hong Kong's Global Citizenship Education

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This conceptual paper critically examines the evolving interplay between global citizenship and nationalism in Hong Kong's global citizenship education. Drawing on critical analysis of existing literature and recent socio‐political and educational changes in Hong Kong, it traces the shift from a Western‐oriented global citizenship ...
Jason Cong Lin
wiley   +1 more source

The problem of systemic violation of civil and political rights in Cameroon : towards a contextualised conception of constitutionalism [PDF]

open access: yes
Post-independent Cameroon has grappled with the problem of systemic violation of civil and political rights (CPR) despite a transition from single party dictatorship to multiparty democracy in the 1990s.
Enonchong, Laura-Stella
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The reach and limits of western models of constitutionalism in Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Constitutionalism as a school of thought and as a set of political and legal practices was originally a product of modern Western civilization. In the course of the last two centuries, it has spread to all corners of the earth.
Chen, AHY
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The new Latin American constitutionalism, light in its principles, shades in its organic application

open access: yes, 2022
El Nuevo Constitucionalismo Latinoamericano irrumpe en el Derecho desde la lucha social y la exigencia del reconocimiento de otredades históricamente ignoradas.
Rivera Camacho, Sergio Manuel
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Kant, Constitutionalism and Systems of Constitutional Justice in Europe and Beyond

open access: yes, 2020
In A Cosmopolitan Legal Order: Kant, Constitutional Justice, and the ECHR, we sought to demonstrate the power of Kantian theory to explain – or at least meaningfully illuminate – (1) the defining characteristics of modern, rights-based constitutionalism;
Ryan, Clare, Stone Sweet, Alec
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The Achievement of Constitutionalism and its Prospects in a Changed World

open access: yesScienza & Politica, 2018
This essay describes the ambitious claim of modern constitutionalism and distinguishes it from mere juridification of public power. It shows the challenges of constitutionalism that follow from the loss of identity between state power and public power ...
Dieter Grimm
doaj   +1 more source

Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society

open access: yesMiddle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.
Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
wiley   +1 more source

Racial, Ethnic, or National Minority? Legal Discourses and Policy Frameworks on the Roma in Hungary and Beyond

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2015
Inspired by recent Hungarian legislative developments that, in reference to the Roma minority, exchanged the term “ethnic minority” with “nationality”, by providing a detailed case study of the development and morphology of policy measures and frameworks
Andras L. Pap
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