Power to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism

by Mark V Tushnet and Mark V. Tushnet

Self-described populist leaders around the world are dismantling their nation's constitutions. This has led to a widespread view that populism as such is inconsistent with constitutionalism. This book proposes that some forms of populism are inconsistent with constitutionalism, while others aren't. Context and detail matter.

Power to the People offers a thin definition of constitutionalism that people from the progressive left to the conservative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197606717
• ISBN13: 9780197606711
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"