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"Foreword" [2019] ELECD 1881; in Popovic, Dragoljub (ed), "Comparative Government" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) vii

Book Title: Comparative Government

Editor(s): Popović, Dragoljub

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Foreword

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Foreword
In the last 15 years, constitutional law scholarship, including comparative
analysis, has undergone profound changes, notably in view of the
emergence of constitutional pluralism beyond the nation-state. Not only
international human rights law, but also the elements of supranational
constitutional law within the EU have become unavoidable topics. Those
writing a textbook on comparative government today are therefore
pursuing new approaches, both building on classic constitutional themes
and coherently introducing a reader into new topics. This may be one of
the plausible reasons why numerous scholars have co-authored newly
published textbooks on comparative constitutional law.
Dragoljub Popovic has courageously decided to remain `a lonely rider
´
in this field'. His book is written with a didactically scrupulous system-
atics and conceptual coherence. An overall approach takes into account
that a comparative study of governments in the USA, UK, Europe and
Asia should cover not only international relations, but also `circum-
stances influencing the most important trends of political developments'.
Consequently, though primarily constitutional, the focal points relate not
only to the institutional set-up of power, but also to the key issues of
constitutional systems of government in action. The author's inclusive
approach embraces both historical and political contexts ­ the dynamics
of development of governmental forms and political frameworks, notably
party systems influencing the functioning of a given governmental form.
Such an approach leads the author to provide a conceptual framework of
the key constitutionalist aspects of governmental forms of today, in
particular, the modern nation-state ...