{"id":1001,"date":"2025-03-13T13:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundations.ac\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:21:07","slug":"populism-reaches-argentina-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundations.ac\/en\/populism-reaches-argentina-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0How to investigate a constitutional culture?: The case for the focus group method in comparative constitutional studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Eoin Carolan, Silvia Gagliardi, and Daniela Rodriguez Gutierrez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article makes the case for the use of focus groups as a method with particular relevance to the field of comparative constitutional studies. The article begins with a brief overview of the most common approaches to accounts of constitutional culture. It then explains how the focus group method may \u2013 in theory \u2013 address some of the limitations of these techniques. In contrast to quantitatively oriented techniques, focus groups offer context-sensitive, participant-driven and in-depth insights into how ordinary citizens understand, think about and discuss constitutional issues. This, it is argued, provides novel and valuable information about the functional and sociological value of constitutions, as hypothesised in much of the recent literature on social imaginaries and sociological constitutionalism. Having made the theoretical case for the method, the article deals in its final sections with the authors&#8217; experience in making use of this method. It identifies the challenges and limitations that may arise when applying the method to constitutional questions and offers conclusions and guidance on its potential utility for future research in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong>&nbsp;Constitutional culture; Comparative constitutional methods; Qualitative methods; Sociological constitutionalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to full article <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/ccs.2024.0020\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eoin Carolan, Silvia Gagliardi, and Daniela Rodriguez Gutierrez Abstract This article makes the case for the use of focus groups as a method with particular relevance to the field of comparative constitutional studies. The article begins with a brief overview of the most common approaches to accounts of constitutional culture. 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