Doctoral Dissertation Research: Participatory Constitution-Making in Africa

博士论文研究：非洲的参与式制宪

• 批准号: 0001748
• 负责人: Jennifer Widner
• 金额: $ 2.31万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-10-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0001748&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Participatory; Constitution

In 1988, Uganda embarked on an innovative constitution-making process that lasted eight years. The novelty of the process centered on the extensive involvement of the general public in the creation of a new constitution. Although there is considerable interest in this model among policy-makers, there is little empirical research investigating the effectiveness of such a process. This project will study the effects of public participation in the constitution-making process on democratic attitudes, political behaviors, and civic knowledge. It will test the hypotheses that participation in the constitution-making activities heightened citizen interest in politics, fostered attachment to democratic principles, led to greater political involvement, and increased knowledge of political issues within the general population. The methodology includes in-depth interviews, surveys of the general public, and evaluation of primary materials from public and private archives in Uganda. The surveys will be conducted using a multi-state area sampling process so the results will amenable to statistical analysis.

1988年，乌干达开始了历时八年的创新制宪进程。 这一进程的新奇之处在于广大公众广泛参与了新宪法的制定。 尽管决策者对这一模式有相当大的兴趣，但很少有实证研究调查这一进程的有效性。本研究将探讨民众参与制宪过程对民主态度、政治行为、公民知识的影响。 它将检验以下假设：参与制宪活动提高了公民对政治的兴趣，促进了对民主原则的依恋，导致了更大的政治参与，并增加了普通民众对政治问题的了解。方法包括深入访谈、公众调查以及对乌干达公共和私人档案馆的主要材料进行评价。 调查将采用多州地区抽样程序进行，因此结果将适合统计分析。