Introduction

Participatory Citizenship, Constitutional Reform, and the Conference on the Future of Europe

“…Regarding the role of citizens in constitutional reform, in political science and comparative constitutionalism literature, only recently a more sustained interest in modes and practices of constitutional reform and civic engagement in reform has ISSN 2281-5147 emerged. 16 A few recent works have made important steps towards a more comprehensive analysis of citizen participation in constitutional reform process. In the work of Eisenstadt et al, 17 the authors make a useful distinct between different phases of potential citizen involvement in reform processes.…”