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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455390503321

Autore

Gagnon Alain

Titolo

The case for multinational federalism [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the all-encompassing nation / / Alain-G.Gagnon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-282-31519-6

9786612315190

0-203-87216-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Routledge series in federal studies ; ; 18

Disciplina

320.4/049

Soggetti

Federal government

Cultural pluralism

Ethnicity - Political aspects

Nation-state

Comparative government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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