Hanna Lerner is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a visiting fellow at the Princeton Institute of International and Regional Studies, Princeton University.

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Part I. Constitutions, Democracy, Identity: 1. Introduction
2. Three paradigms of democratic constitutions
3. The incrementalist approach to constitution-making
Part II. Varieties of Constitutional Incrementalism: 4. Informal consociationalism in Israel
5. Constructive ambiguity in India
6. Symbolic ambivalence in Ireland
Part III. For and Against Constitutional Incrementalism: 7. Normative arguments for constitutional incrementalism
8. Potential dangers
9. Conclusion.

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