The Politics of Constitutional Reform in North America

Thema des englischsprachigen Bandes sind Verfassungspolitik und-reform in den USA und Kanada. Untersucht werden die Institutionen derLegislative und Exekutive, Föderalismus, Haushalts- und Minderheitenpolitikund die Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit. The book examines context,preconditions, nature and impact of recent constitutional reform processes inthe United States and Canada.  Contents:  Constitutional Reform -Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives Rainer-Olaf Schultze,Constitutional Reform as Process Petra Dobner, Constitutionalismand the Transformation of the State  Constitutional Governance -Institutional Structures, Actors and Policy Fields  Changes in the Legislative andExecutive Branches R. Kent Weaver, The Politics ofInstitutional Reform in Canada and the United States Steffen Schneider, ParliamentaryGovernment in Canada: Institutional Stability and Constitutional Reform inthe Legislative and Executive Branches  Trends in Federalism andIntergovernmental Relations Roland Sturm, Federalism andConstitutional Politics: A Theoretical Perspective Timothy J. Conlan, CourtingDevolution: The U.S. Supreme Court and Contemporary American Federalism Harvey Lazar/John McLean,Non-Constitutional Reform and the Canadian Federation: The Only Game in Town  Budgeting and ConstitutionalPolitics Markus M. Müller, Regulation,Taxation or Inaction? Budgetary Politics, Institutional Reform and American¶Judicialism¶ Allan Maslove, Canadian FederalBudgeting: Imaginative Responses and Troublesome Confusions  Minorities and ConstitutionalPolitics Michael Dreyer, Race, Gender,Sexual Orientation - Minorities and the Supreme Court Peter H. Russell, Canada - APioneer in the Management of Constitutional Politics in a Multi-nationalSociety  Constitutional Jurisprudence -Does it Stimulate or Prevent Reform? Martin Edelman, Change is aSometimes Thing: Constitutional Jurisprudence in the United States Martin Thunert, The CanadianCharter of Rights and Freedoms: Product and Catalyst