Why Public Participation Rarely Matters: Political Parties Do

• In Event: It's My Party and I'll Vote if I want to: Parties and Political Participation

Brief Overview

This article undertakes an empirical analysis of the extent to which public participation in constitution making has impacted the text in two cases noted for their high levels of participation: Brazil (1988) and South Africa (1996).

Author

• Alexander Hudson, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity