Voices, Spaces, and Processes in Constitutionalism

This book explores debates in constitutionalism around the attempt to map the fragmented nature of governance in the new constitutional landscape of the UK, the EU and elsewhere. The book examines these issues at all levels from the EU through to the details of some of the new devolutionary schemes. As well as examining how constitutionalism operates at levels and in sites beyond the traditional ambit of structures and institutions, the essays seek to respond to the challenge of securing accountability and participation in the new climate.

Voices, Spaces, and Processes in Constitutionalism 1 Colin Harvey, John Morison, and Jo Shaw Process and Constitutional Discourse in the European Union 4 Jo Shaw Accountability in the Regulatory State 38 Colin Scott Governing after the Rights Revolution 61 Colin Harvey The Government-Voluntary Sector Compacts: Governance, Governmentality, and Civil Society 98 John Morison The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? A Critique of the Ability of Community Mediation to Suppress and Facilitate Participation in Civil Life 133 Linda Mulcahy Business, State, and Community: ‘Responsible Risk Takers’, New Labour, and the Governance of Corporate Business 151 Gary Wilson Post-nationalism and the Quest for Constitutional Substitutes 178 Damian Chalmers