Federalism, plurinationality and democratic constitutionalism : theory and cases / edited by Ferran Requejo and Miquel Caminal Badia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Requejo Coll, Ferran.

Caminal i Badia, Miquel.

Series:

Routledge studies in nationalism and ethnicity

Nationalism and ethnicity / Routledge studies in nationalism and ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government.

Cultural pluralism.

Federal government--Case studies.

Cultural pluralism--Case studies.

Democracy--Case studies.

Democracy.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

European and Canadian political scientists examine the interplay between democracy and the recognition of national diversity, discussing theory and presenting case studies. Their perspectives include the unfreedom of the moderns in the post-9/11 age of constitutionalism and imperialism, the moral foundations of asymmetrical federalism, whether Canada is a territorial or multinational federation, Bolivian pluri-nationality and indigenous people within an unusual composite state structure, and exploring and explaining Switzerland's multi-lingual but mono-national exceptualism. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Democracy and federalism in plurinational societies / Miquel Caminal Caminal, Miquel, Ferran Requejo Requejo, Ferran 1

Part I Theory 15

2 Territorial pluralism: its forms, flaws, and virtues / John Mcgarry Mcgarry, John, Brendan O'Leary O'Leary, Brendan 17

3 The unfreedom of the moderns: in the post-9/11 age of constitutionalism and imperialism / Michael Simpson Simpson, Michael, James Tully Tully, James 51

4 The moral foundations of asymmetrical federalism: normative considerations / Alain-G. Gagnon Gagnon, Alain-G., Guy Laforest Laforest, Guy 85

5 The lack of national pluralism in federal theory and federations: plurinational federalism in a comparative and value pluralist approach / Ferran Requejo Requejo, Ferran 108

Part II Cases 135

6 Belgian federalism: means to an end? / Wilfried Swenden Swenden, Wilfried 137

7 Canada: a territorial or a multinational federation? / Philip Resnick Resnick, Philip 171

8 The United Kingdom as a plurinational state / Stephen Tierney Tierney, Stephen 185

9 India: unity in diversity through an evolving federalism / George Mathew Mathew, George 208

10 The search for federalism in the Russian Federation / Anastassia V. Obydenkova Obydenkova, Anastassia V. 243

11 The Bolivian invention: plurinationality and indigenous people within an unusual composite state structure / Franz Barrios Barrios, Franz 266

12 Multi-lingual but mono-national: exploring and explaining Switzerland's exceptionalism / Paolo Dardanelli Dardanelli, Paolo 295

13 The Spanish "state of autonomous communities": nationalist resistance and federal horizons / Miquel Caminal Caminal, Miquel 324.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415690997

0415690994

9780203157244

0203157249

OCLC:

727126730