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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465291103321

Titolo

The parliaments of autonomous nations / / edited by Guy Laforest and André Lecours

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, [Quebec] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7735-9938-X

Edizione

[20160301th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series ; ; 1

Disciplina

328.3

Soggetti

Legislative bodies

Nationalities, Principle of

Self-determination, National

Legislative power

Ethnicity - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations: An Introduction / Guy Laforest and André Lecours -- 1 The Catalan Parliament's Contribution to the Consolidation and Development of Self-Government and the Defence of Catalonia's National Identity / Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer and Mireia Grau Creus -- 2 The Parliament of the Basque Country and the National Issue: The Weaknesses of a Strong Identity / Alberto López Basaguren -- 3 The Parliament of Galicia / José Julio Fernández Rodríguez -- 4 The Flemish Parliament and Its Role in a Bipolar Federal System / Martine Goossens and Michiel Elst -- 5 The Parliament of Quebec: The Quest for Self-Government, Autonomy, and Self-Determination / François Rocher and Marie-Christine Gilbert -- 6 The Scottish Parliament / Michael Keating -- 7 The Assembly of Northern Ireland: Hope and Constraint / Guy Laforest -- 8 The Parliament of Canada / André Lecours -- 9 The Westminster Parliament and Territorial Politics in the United Kingdom / Alan Trench -- 10 The Spanish Parliament: Its Role in the Definition of the National



Community and the Politics of National Unity / César Colino -- Conclusion / Guy Laforest and André Lecours.

Sommario/riassunto

How the parliaments of minority national communities and central parliaments express identities and treat self-determination claims.