We use the word
constitutionalising to describe the process a group goes through in order to form into a collective.
So when i think about constitutionalising I'm thinking about a set of related processes and practices
which are designed to control
imbalances of power and that would for example involve the kinds of principles that people point to to set out
it involves institutions that they set up
it involves the rule-making processes that they adopt and also the decision making practices that they use in order to make those decisions
We don't mean writing a constitution, it doesn't have to be as formal as that but
constitutionalising we would say is the process that group goes through when it
transforms from a
group of unconnected individuals to a cohesive group that would perhaps identify as 'we' or 'us'
