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The case for multinational federalism : beyond the all-encompassing nation / Alain-G.Gagnon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gagnon, Alain.
- Series:
- Routledge series in regional and federal studies ; 18.
- Routledge series in federal studies ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Ethnicity--Political aspects.
- Ethnicity.
- Nation-state.
- Comparative government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Throughout the world, liberal-democracies are grappling with increasing claims made in the name of minority national, socio-cultural and ethno-cultural identities that seek greater recognition in the institutions of the nation-state. This work inserts itself into debates centred on diversity through a normative and empirical analytical assessment of the political sociology of multinational democracies. The main thread of the arguments put forward is that federalism, in both its institutional manifestations and its sociological properties, constitutes a promising avenue for the management of
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on the author; Introduction: The merits of federalism and new awareness of the multination; 1 Memory and national identity in Catalonia and Québec; 2 The normative foundations of asymmetrical federalism: The Canadian situation from a comparative perspective; 3 The emerging phenomenon of the multination; 4 Executive federalism and the exercise of democracy in Canada; 5 The effects of majority nationalism in Canada; 6 Resistance and potential: The duty to consider the multination; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-31519-6
- 9786612315190
- 0-203-87216-9
- 9780203872161
- OCLC:
- 466441544
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