Description: Power to the People proposes that some forms of populism are inconsistent with constitutionalism, while others aren't. By providing a series of case studies, some organized by nation, others by topic, the book identifies these populist inconsistencies with constitutionalism-and, importantly, when and how they are not. Opening a dialogue for the possibility of a deeper, populist democracy, the book examines recent challenges to the idea that democracy is a good form of government by exploring possibilities for new institutions that can determine and implement a majority's views without always threatening constitutionalism.
Review Quotes: "Tushnet and Bugaric provide a series of case studies to identify when and how populist programs worldwide are inconsistent with constitutionalism and, importantly, when and how they are not. Concluding with a discussion of the possibilities for a deeper, populist democracy, they examine recent challenges to the idea that democracy is a good form of government by exploring possibilities for new, albeit revisable, institutions that can determine and implement a majority's views without always threatening constitutionalism." -- Law & Social Inquiry
"Defending constitutionalism may seem remote from the everyday experience of most lawyers in this country but if we can't - or won't - defend the rule of law, who will? Power to the People provides the tools to engage in a debate that is likely to define at least the first half of 21st-century constitutionalism." -- Max D Winthrop, senior partner at Short Richardson & Forth, Newcastle, Law Society Gazette