{"product_id":"creating-a-constitution-federica-carugati-9780691195636","title":"Creating a Constitution: Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created--with lessons for contemporary constitution-building\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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 \u003ci\u003eCreating a Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarugati 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniquely combining institutional analysis, political economy, and history, \u003ci\u003eCreating a Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Federica Carugati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691195633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691195636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Federica Carugati","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925629763839,"sku":"9780691195636","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_67532e33-87ac-4002-ba8f-b493df770798.jpg?v=1681078408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-a-constitution-federica-carugati-9780691195636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}