Books by Vijayashri (Visiting Scholar Sripati

Post 1960, all colonies enjoyed the right to sculpt their own constitutions without international assistance. Yet, from 1960-2018, over poor 40 sovereign states have adopted with United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA) the Western liberal constitution. Why? A comprehensive studyon UNCA, this book shows that based on the UN's official statements, UNCA works ostensibly to 'modernize'poor states. However, this results in an investor-friendly environment that largely benefits powerfultransnational interests, only to secure debt-relief. Thus, political control that they experienced when they were colonies, continues in this post-colonial era.