Visions of sovereignty : nationalism and accommodation in multinational democracies / / Jaime Lluch

• Autore: Lluch Jaime
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54
• Soggetto topico: Sovereignty; Separatist movements; Multinational states; Nationalism
• Soggetto non controllato: Human Rights; Law; Political Science; Public Policy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Secessionism and Non-Secessionism in Substate National Movements -- Chapter 1. Accounting for the Internal Variation in Substate National Movements -- Chapter 2. Evolution Within the Catalan National Movement Between 1976 and 2010: The Rise of Independentist Nationalism -- Chapter 3. Evolution Within the Québécois National Movement Between 1976 and 2010: The Rise of Autonomist Nationalism -- Chapter 4. Shades of Nationhood and the National Consciousness of Substate Nationalists -- Chapter 5. Elites, Militants, and Ideology: National Parties and National Consciousness -- Chapter 6. Sovereignty and Procedure: The Ideology of Independentist Substate Nationalism -- Chapter 7. Fragments of Sovereignty: The Ideology of Autonomist Substate Nationalism -- Chapter 8. Shared Sovereignty: The Ideology of Federalist Substate Nationalism -- Chapter 9. The Discourse and Attitudes of Substate Nationalists -- Chapter 10. The Moral Polity of the Stateless Nationalist -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Substate Nationalism and Its Accommodation in Multinational Democracies -- Appendix. Field Research Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: In the contemporary world, there are many democratic states whose minority nations have pushed for constitutional reform, greater autonomy, and asymmetric federalism. Substate national movements within countries such as Spain, Canada, Belgium, and the United Kingdom are heterogeneous: some nationalists advocate independence, others seek an autonomous special status within the state, and yet others often seek greater self-government as a constituent unit of a federation or federal system. What motivates substate nationalists to prioritize one constitutional vision over another is one of the great puzzles of ethnonational constitutional politics. In Visions of Sovereignty, Jaime Lluch examines why some nationalists adopt a secessionist stance while others within the same national movement choose a nonsecessionist constitutional orientation. Based on extensive fieldwork in Canada and Spain, Visions of Sovereignty provides an in-depth examination of the Québécois and Catalan national movements between 1976 and 2010. It also elaborates a novel theoretical perspective: the "moral polity" thesis. Lluch argues persuasively that disengagement between the central state and substate nationalists can lead to the adoption of more prosovereignty constitutional orientations. Because many substate nationalists perceive that the central state is not capable of accommodating or sustaining a plural constitutional vision, their radicalization is animated by a moral sense of nonreciprocity. Mapping the complex range of political orientations within substate national movements, Visions of Sovereignty illuminates the political and constitutional dynamics of accommodating national diversity in multinational democracies. This elegantly written and meticulously researched study is essential for those interested in the future of multinational and multiethnic states.
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of sovereignty
• ISBN: 0-8122-0961-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818403103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.