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Autore |
Gagnon Alain |
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Titolo |
The case for multinational federalism [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the all-encompassing nation / / Alain-G.Gagnon |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-31519-6 |
9786612315190 |
0-203-87216-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge series in federal studies ; ; 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Federal government |
Cultural pluralism |
Ethnicity - Political aspects |
Nation-state |
Comparative government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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