TY - BOOK AU - Cox,Noel TI - Constitutional paradigms and the stability of states SN - 9780754679202 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 342 COX.C 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT PB - Ashgate KW - Constitutional law KW - Constitutional history KW - Security, International KW - Globalization KW - Failed states N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-286) and index; The rise and fall of states -- The influence of constitutional paradigms -- Hard and soft constitution -- Underlying theory -- Authoritarianism -- Doctrinaire liberalism -- Empires and supra-national entities -- Mixed models -- Conclusions ER -