{"product_id":"practice-of-constitutional-development-william-blomquist-9780739126318","title":"Practice of Constitutional Development: Vincent Ostrom's Quest to Understand Human Affairs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection further expands our knowledge about what comprises a successful constitution in both theory and application. Building on the research and analysis of Vincent Ostrom, who as one of America's leading scholars on constitutions has spent a lifetime writing about constitutions in America and overseas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach essay shows how particular countries, governments, and organizations devise constitutions to reflect their visions of governance and sets of rules for their leaders. On a higher theoretical level, the contributors emphasize the importance of choosing the rules of the political game in order to determine the nature of the game itself. Extending Ostrom's intellectual quest to solve constitutional dilemmas, the scholars gathered here discuss a wide variety of issues, ranging from the problems of water scarcity and local public economies in Africa to the prospect of a new political order in the European North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Blomquist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0739126318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780739126318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"William Blomquist","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517390008575,"sku":"9780739126318","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce02f7de-109d-40d2-b0cd-8c840e05703f.jpg?v=1778731669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/practice-of-constitutional-development-william-blomquist-9780739126318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}