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The parliaments of autonomous nations / edited by Guy Laforest and André Lecours.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laforest, Guy, Author.
- Series:
- Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 1.
- Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislative bodies.
- Nationalities, Principle of.
- Self-determination, National.
- Legislative power.
- Ethnicity--Political aspects.
- Ethnicity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 20160301th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- How the parliaments of minority national communities and central parliaments express identities and treat self-determination claims.
- Contents:
- The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations: An Introduction / Guy Laforest and André Lecours
- 1 The Catalan Parliament's Contribution to the Consolidation and Development of Self-Government and the Defence of Catalonia's National Identity / Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer and Mireia Grau Creus
- 2 The Parliament of the Basque Country and the National Issue: The Weaknesses of a Strong Identity / Alberto López Basaguren
- 3 The Parliament of Galicia / José Julio Fernández Rodríguez
- 4 The Flemish Parliament and Its Role in a Bipolar Federal System / Martine Goossens and Michiel Elst
- 5 The Parliament of Quebec: The Quest for Self-Government, Autonomy, and Self-Determination / François Rocher and Marie-Christine Gilbert
- 6 The Scottish Parliament / Michael Keating
- 7 The Assembly of Northern Ireland: Hope and Constraint / Guy Laforest
- 8 The Parliament of Canada / André Lecours
- 9 The Westminster Parliament and Territorial Politics in the United Kingdom / Alan Trench
- 10 The Spanish Parliament: Its Role in the Definition of the National Community and the Politics of National Unity / César Colino
- Conclusion / Guy Laforest and André Lecours.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 15, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-9939-8
- 0-7735-9938-X
- OCLC:
- 945106664
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