Political autonomy and divided societies: imagining democratic alternatives in complex settings

An all star cast of academic experts offer an important and timely analysis of the pursuit of autonomy. They argue that it is key to move beyond the primarily normative debate about the rights or wrongs of autonomous regions on the basis of cultural concerns, instead focusing on understanding what makes autonomy function successfully. ALAIN-G. GAGNON Professor of Political Science at the Université du Québecà Montréal, Canada. He is the author of 'The Case for Multinational Federalism' (2010), the editor of 'Contemporary Canadian Federalism' (2008) and the co-editor of 'Multinational Democracies' (with James Tully, 2001). In 2008, he was elected Member of the Royal Society of Canada. MICHAEL KEATING Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He has published widely on European Politics, Nationalism, Devolution and Scottish Politics and Government and has taught in universities in England, Scotland, Canada, the USA, Spain and France and at the European University Institute in Florence. INDICE: Introduction; 'M.Keating' & 'A-G.Gagnon - 'PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES - Rethinking Territorial Autonomy; 'M.Keating - 'Autonomy, Boundaries and Trust: Preliminary Remarks; 'G.Nootens - 'Reconciling Autonomy, Community and Empowerment: The Difficult Birth of a Diversity School in the Western World; 'A-G.Gagnon - 'Sub-State Governance through Territorial Autonomy: On the Relationship Between Autonomy and Federalism; 'M.Suksi - 'PART II: CASE STUDIES -Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Territorial Autonomy: Are They Really Incompatible?; 'F.Palermo - 'Seeking New Autonomies: State Rescaling, Reterritorialization and Minority Identities in Atlantic Canada; 'J.Bickerton -'Recrafting Sovereignty: Lessons from Small Island Autonomies?;' E.Hepburn - 'Insularity and Autonomy; 'A.Fazi - 'The 'Canadian School of Diversity' and Francophone Minority Communities;' R.Léger - 'Autonomy and Ethnic Diversity: TheCase of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China; 'I.Côté - 'Regions and Territorial Autonomy in Southeastern Europe; 'D.StjepanoviD - 'Autonomy and Nationalist Demands in Southeast Asia; 'J.Bertrand - 'Catalan Autonomy Building-Process in Immigration Policy: Conceptual, Institutional and Normative Dimensions; 'R.Zapata-Barrero - 'Conclusion; 'A-G.Gagnon' & 'M.Keating - ' -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-36425-7
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés