What are the promises of multinational federalism? What are the issues raisedby the presence of several peoples within a federal state? Is federalism an ideal for managing national diversity? Which countries can serve as models and deserve to be carefully examined? And is Europe a good laboratory to explore whether the federal model can be adapted to allow for national diversity? This book offers state of the art reflections on these questions by thirteen leading experts in the field of multinational federalism. It gathers contributions from philosophers, political scientists and jurists dealing with the accommodation of peoples in countries like Belgium, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, Indiaand Spain. The authors examine the institutional design and the formulation of principles governing the political organization of a society when it is constituted by groups of different nationalities. INDICE: Introduction - Multinational Federalism: Questions and Queries; .M.Seymour.& .A-G.Gagnon.PART I: THEORETICAL MATTERS.Multinational Federalism inMultinational Federation; .M.Burgess.Three Theories of Liberalism for the Three Theories of Federalism. A Hegelian Turn; .F.Requejo.What Theorists of Nationalism have to Learn from Multinational States; .P.Resnick.PART II: THE EUROPEAN EXPERIMENT.The European Union, a Plurinational Federation in Sensu Cosmopolitico; .H.Dumont.Reforging the Nation. Britain, Scotland and the Crisis of Unionism;. M.Keating.The United Kingdom's Experiment in Asymmetric Autonomy, and the Lessons Learned; .J.McGarry.Does Devolution Foster Separatism? The Case ofCatalonia; .M.Guibernau.Politics and Public Sphere in Belgium. What the Case of a Federal Multilingual Country can Contribute to the Debate on Transnational Public Spheres, and Vice Versa; .D.Sinardet.PART III: OTHER CASE STUDIES.Asymmetry and Change in the Canadian Federation: The Limits of Political Accommodation in a Multination State; .R.Iacovino. & .J.Erk.The Consequences of Drafting Constitutions for Constituent States in Federal Countries; .J.Dinan.Should Indian Federalism Be Called Multinational?; .R.Bhargava.Conclusion; .M.Seymour.& .A-G.Gagnon.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-33711-4
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido