Constitutional Politics

Constitutional reform is critical.

Ghettoizing Identity

Sovereign regimes require a political identity.

But how is this identity to be defined?

Can Pakistan alter its identity?

Sen says that what is being accepted here should be thought of as national identity.

But this identity must be open.

Algeria needs to preserve its national identity.

Politics Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of government.

Their identities and norms are basic motivations.

But Caracas is different, it has a sense of identity.

The EU is rightly searching for its identity as a collective actor.

The first is cultural to protect and strengthen the identity of the Scottish people.

There is thus an urgent need to reassert the core character and identity of Europe.

Indeed, it might be that a liberal constitutional culture is more important than the mere fact of competitive elections.

In such schemes, Chávez has so far had more success than Morales, whose Constitutional Assembly has not yet been able to organize itself.

The other way to preserve solidarity is to redefine identity.

The November elections will not resolve these fundamental questions, and whether a workable constitutional framework will develop is uncertain.

As a result, people have begun to cling to other, more primordial group identities.

Germans have always been enthusiastic proponents of the EU, not least because they hoped that a European identity would help compensate for their damaged national identity.

In Europe's case, a constitutional framework will require an even more federalist structure than that established in America.

Morsi s Constitutional Declaration was a decisive though undemocratic, polarizing, and thus politically costly step to break the impasse.

The constitutional protection to the confidentiality of sources applies only those who exercise the profession of journalist, with or without a degree.

We should forge this identity independent of others expectations and preconceptions.

It must be convenient to be able to erase and rearrange the identities of people as you wish.

It s unfair that we should have to hide our Palestinian identify to serve an agenda that excludes us. When Jordanian Palestinians succeed, we want to be able to celebrate our whole identity, and most importantly, our story.

Erdogan continues to change Turkey's identity by erasing evolution from the country's education curriculum.https t.co tpxK0ekhjR HRF ( HRF) June 23, 2017

And the question of royal succession also needs clarification as Thailand s constitutional monarchy navigates the uncertain path ahead.

They resist assimilation, fearing that it will rob them of their identity without offering a new one.

Moreover, Russia has helped other new nations in Eastern Europe create their own identities.

French identity, for example, is based on the country s unique brand of republican secularism, known as laïcité.

The science of knowing how a child will develop any gender identity is not very accurate.

Still, she has never felt she had to justify her identity to anyone, apart from one time.

Due to migration, our brothers and sisters go to cities and lose pride in their individual identity.

Yet the real challenge for Western policy in Lebanon is neither constitutional reform nor establishment of the Hariri tribunal.

All of this can be decided at the next European Council, even before the constitutional problem is resolved.

But, although banking and finance have taken center stage, the EU s constitutional problem refuses to go away.

All of this can be decided at the next European Council, even before the constitutional problem is resolved.

Above the small group level, human identity is shaped by what Benedict Anderson calls imagined communities.

The resurgence of Islamism is essentially a quest for a fulfilling identity by an ancient civilization overwhelmed by the challenges of modernity.

Names of the people killed weren't put on one large collective list, in an attempt to maintain their identity.

The point of asking such questions is to remind ourselves that genuine constitutional politics requires serious thought and careful preparation.

Founded on the notion of separateness, Pakistan has continuously had to affirm its Islamic identity, as well as its opposition to India.

Those who believe that common interests and liberal institutions should define the EU would gain by this acceptance. Those who seek a European identity based on culture and faith will resist it.