Constitutional Politics in Post-Westphalian Europe

Case-studies of constitutional politics

 

 

Table            Constitutional Politics in Europe

 

From below

From above

Public debate and

significant reforms

Hungary

(civic movement: Lehet mas a politika)

 

Iceland

(civic movements: Citizens Movement;

Democracy Movement)


UK

(non-political, intellectual movements:

Charter 88, Constitution Unit)

Hungary

(Fidesz government)

 

 

Iceland

(the Social Democratic Alliance and

Left-Green Movement government)

 

  

UK

(the New Labour government; the

Liberal-Democrats/Conservative

government)

 

Italy

(centre-right parties: Popolo Della Libertà,

Lega Nord;

presidents Ciampi and Napolitano)