Recognition and redistribution in multinational federations / edited by Jean-François Grégoire, Michael Jewkes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grǧoire, Jean-Franȯis, editor.

Jewkes, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government.

Cultural pluralism.

Comparative government.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Almost without exception, multinational states across the West are facing existential crises precipitated by the resurgence of sub-state national minority groups. This edited volume brings together many of the world's leading theorists of multinational justice in order to analyse two of the most frequent areas of debate and dispute in multinational federations: recognition and redistribution. The authors address questions such as the following: What are the most appropriate forms of institutional recognition for sub-state national groups? How is the concept of redistributive justice affected by the presence of federal institutions and autonomous sub-state nationalities? And what are the potential sources of stability that fractious federations can call upon? As well as extensive theoretical analyses, the book is peppered throughout with examples drawn from actual multinational states including Canada, Belgium, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction : recognition and redistribution in multinational federations : reconcilable goals, or unresolvable tension? / Michael Jewkes

Recognition in multinational federations

Non-territorial jurisdictional authority : a radical possibility in need of a critique / Helder De Schutter

Nations, popular sovereignty, and recognition : challenging the indivisibility assumption / Genevieve Nootens

Three ways to advance democratic practices : regionalism, nationalism and federalism / Alain-G. Gagnon, Jean-François Gregoire

A short note on language and identity / Antoon Vandevelde

Recognition and political accommodation : from regionalism to secessionism

the Catalan case / Ferran Requejo, Marc Sanjaume

Redistribution in multinational federations

Federalism, contractualism and equality / Andrew Shorten

Federal distributive justice : lessons from Canada / François Boucher, Jocelyn Maclure

Fiscal federalism and solidarity : in search of an ideal formula / Philippe Van Parijs

Sources of stability in multinational federations

If you can't trust them, join them : federalism and trust in divided societies / David Robichaud

Federalism as efficient justice / Jean-François Gregoire, Michael Jewkes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 12, 2015).

ISBN:

94-6166-174-6

OCLC:

908073248