Why Then and Not Now: An Analysis of the Timing of U.S. Constitutional Amendments

• In Event: Agenda Setting and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory II

Brief Overview

This paper evaluates why constitutional amendments are more likely at some times but not others by applying a punctuated equilibrium framework and analyzing the effect of social capital plus other political and legal factors.

Authors

• William Blake, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

• Joseph F Cozza, Rice University

• Dave A. Armstrong, Western University

• Amanda Friesen, Western University