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.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

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:

1 online resource (xviii, 374 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

System Details:

text file

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 / Ferran Requejo

pt. I Theory

2.Territorial pluralism: its forms, flaws, and virtues / Brendan O'Leary

3.The unfreedom of the moderns: in the post-9/11 age of constitutionalism and imperialism / James Tully

4.The moral foundations of asymmetrical federalism: normative considerations / Guy Laforest

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

pt. II Cases

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

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

8.The United Kingdom as a plurinational state / Stephen Tierney

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780203157244

0203157249

Publisher Number:

99985048423

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.