03441nam 2200745Ia 450 991077849040332120230120123654.01-282-31519-697866123151900-203-87216-9(CKB)1000000000799481(EBL)452098(OCoLC)466441544(SSID)ssj0000335581(PQKBManifestationID)12064086(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335581(PQKBWorkID)10272847(PQKB)11557475(Au-PeEL)EBL452098(CaPaEBR)ebr10341937(CaONFJC)MIL874211(Au-PeEL)EBL5121720(CaONFJC)MIL231519(OCoLC)1027159114(MiAaPQ)EBC452098(MiAaPQ)EBC5121720(PPN)198457332(EXLCZ)99100000000079948120090220d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe case for multinational federalism[electronic resource] beyond the all-encompassing nation /Alain-G.GagnonMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (176 p.)Routledge series in federal studies ;18Description based upon print version of record.0-415-85098-3 0-415-54648-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; BibliographyIndexThroughout 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 ofRoutledge series in regional and federal studies ;18.Federal governmentCultural pluralismEthnicityPolitical aspectsNation-stateComparative governmentFederal government.Cultural pluralism.EthnicityPolitical aspects.Nation-state.Comparative government.320.4/049Gagnon Alain1118983MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778490403321The case for multinational federalism3773354UNINA