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Other names: Arató András (birth name)
Birthdate: 1944-08-22
Gender: male
Nationality: Hungary (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Occupations: sociologist
university professor
Organizations: The New School

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Civil Society, Constitution, and Legitimacy by Andrew Arato

Spurred by recent governmental transitions from dictatorships to democratic institutions, this highly original work argues that negotiated civil society-oriented transitions have an affinity for a distinctive method of constitution making - one that accomplishes the radical change of institutions through legal continuity.

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