TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fruhstorfer, Anna
A1  - Hudson, Alexander
T1  - Majorities for minorities
BT  - Participatory constitution making and the protection of minority rights
JF  - Political research quarterly : PRQ ; official journal of Western Political Science Association, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Southern California Political Science Association, Northern California Political Science Association
N2  - Does the process of making a constitution affect the expansiveness of rights protections in the constitution? In particular, is more participation in constitution-making processes better for minority rights protections? While the process of constitution making and its impact on various outcomes have received significant attention, little is known about the impact public participation or deliberation in this process has on the scope and content of minority rights. Using a wide variety of data to empirically assess the relationship between constitution-making processes and the protection of rights for minorities, we find a positive relationship between participatory drafting processes and the inclusion of minority protections in constitutions under some conditions. The article's findings have important implications for understanding political representation and lend support to core arguments about the role of the public in constitutional design.
KW  - constitution-making
KW  - human rights
KW  - minority rights
KW  - direct democracy
KW  - public participation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912920984246
SN  - 1065-9129
SN  - 1938-274X
VL  - 75
IS  - 1
SP  - 103
EP  - 117
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -