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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798323503321
• Autore: Laforest Guy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, [Quebec] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-7735-9939-8; 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
• 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.