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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Reclaiming Constitutionalism: Democracy Power and the State by Dr Maria Tzanakopoulou
This book argues that the constitutional phenomenon remains attached to the state despite the recent advent of theories of global constitutionalism. The author argues that the primary aim of constitutionalism is to create social peace and to shield rather than to limit the power of political elites in any given state. In light of the connection between social conflict and constitutionalism the book explores the conditions for and locations of the former. From the state and the EU to the global level it considers the role of citizenship national identities democracy power and ideology and concludes that the state is the only site that satisfies the prerequisites for social conflict.