Constitutionalizing World Politics: The Logic of Democratic Power and the Unintended Consequences of International Treaty Making (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108835091)

The elusive ideal of a world constitution is unlikely to be realized any time soon - yet important steps in that direction are happening in world politics. Milewicz argues that international constitutionalization has gathered steam as an unintended by-product of international treaty making in the post-war period. This process is driven by the logic of democratic power, whereby states that are both democratic and powerful - democratic powers - are the strongest promoters of rule-based cooperation. Not realizing the inadvertent and long-term effects of the specialized rules they design, states fall into a constitutionalization trap that is hard to escape as it conforms with their interests and values. Milewicz's analysis will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations and International Law, interested in international cooperation, as well as institutional and constitutional theory and practice.

Author: Karolina M. Milewicz
ISBN-10: 1108835090
ISBN-13: 9781108835091
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2020
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2021