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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458017103321

Titolo

Democracy, nationalism and multiculturalism / / edited by Ramon Maiz and Ferran Requejo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Frank Cass, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-27696-6

1-280-09633-0

0-203-31392-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Routledge innovations in political theory ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

Maiz SuarezRamon

Requejo CollFerran

Disciplina

323.1

Soggetti

Democracy

Multiculturalism

Cultural pluralism

Nationalism

Minorities - Legal status, laws, etc

Electronic books.

European Union countries Ethnic relations

Canada Ethnic relations

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; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Dialogue between cultures; Interculturalism: expanding the boundaries of citizenship; Accommodating national differences within multinational states; Nation and deliberation; From nation-building to national engineering: the ethics of shaping identities; Multinational, not 'postnational', federalism; Federalism and secession: East and West; Dilemmas of stateless nations in the European Union; The 'transformation' of governance: new directions in policy and politics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Democracy, Nationalism and Multiculturalism provides an up-to-date review of subnational and multicultural issues in Western multinational states. The book includes normative, institutional and comparative



accounts of key issues such as:* politics and policies of accommodation* multiculturalism* recognition of group rights* federalist reforms and debates in Canada and European states* the political construction of the European Union.