Bulletin n. 2/2016
December 2016
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Katalin Koos Agnes
    Constitutional Definition of the Demos and Inter-Ethnic Relations Authors
    in Politics & Policy , Volume 44, Issue 4, August ,  2016 ,  pp. 639-676
    The study reveals some conceptual differences inherent in the world's active constitutions as they relate to defining the country's population. The basic classification question asks whether the population of the state (“demos”) is conceptualized as a communally homogeneous or heterogeneous entity. An inquiry into the texts of more than 167 constitutions evidenced a wide gamut of answers, and an emerging trend toward endorsing the accommodation of diversities, as opposed to expecting and aiming at homogenization. A descriptive section presents the constitutional conceptualizations of the countries’ ethnic makeup, then some concerns about the real-world potency of the ideals enshrined in constitutions are addressed. The demos concepts are studied in their relationship with the pertinent policy choices, and contemplated in their causal context connecting the objective country features, such as communal fractionalization and development level, with the resulting constellations of communal cooperation versus hostility.
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