Writing Democracy : : The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014 /

Writing Democracy : : The Norwegian Constitution 1814-2014 / / ed. by Karen Gammelgaard, Eirik Holmøyvik.

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The Norwegian Constitution is the oldest functioning constitution in Europe. Its bicentenary in 2014 has inspired the analyses in this volume, where contributors focus on the Constitution as a text to explore new ways of analyzing democratic development. This volume examines the framing of the Norwe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Berge, Kjell Lars,
Bruteig, Yordanka Madzharova,
Gammelgaard, Karen,
Holmøyvik, Eirik,
Jordheim, Helge,
Kalleberg, Ragnvald,
Michalsen, Dag,
Ringvej, Mona,
Sand, Inger-Johanne,
Schmid, Ulrich,
Visconti, Jacqueline,
Warner, William B.,
HerausgeberIn:
Gammelgaard, Karen,
Holmøyvik, Eirik,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations ; 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Interdisciplinarity and Stylistic Conventions
  • Introduction. The Norwegian Constitution as a Text
  • Part I. Embarking on the Matter
  • Chapter 1. The Thing That Invented Norway
  • Chapter 2. The Changing Meaning of “Constitution” in Norwegian Constitutional History
  • Chapter 3. The Many Textual Identities of Constitutions
  • Part II. Transnational Conversations
  • Chapter 4. The Norwegian Constitution and the Rhetoric of Political Poetry
  • Chapter 5. Constitution as a Transnational Genre
  • Chapter 6. Discursive Patterns in the Italian and Norwegian Constitutions
  • Part III. Historical Transformations
  • Chapter 7. Timing the Constitutional Moment
  • Chapter 8. The Norwegian Constitution and Its Multiple Codes
  • Chapter 9. Norwegian Parliamentary Discourse 2004–2014 on the Norwegian Constitution’s Language Form
  • Part IV. Freedom of Expression
  • Chapter 10. Article 100 and the Evolution of a Public Opinion Text Culture in Denmark-Norway 1770–1799
  • Chapter 11. To Speak What the Hour Demands Framing the 183 Future of Public Speech at Eidsvold in 1814
  • Chapter 12. Scholarly Texts’ Influence on the 2004 Revision of the Norwegian Constitution’s Article 100
  • Appendix A. Constitution for Kongeriget Norge
  • Appendix B. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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