Multinational DemocraciesAlain Gagnon, James Tully Multinational Democracies is the first collaborative, multi-perspective critical survey of a new and distinctive type of political association that is coming into prominence in the twenty-first century. These are democratic societies that are not only multicultural but also multinational: that is, they comprise two or more nations. Nineteen leading comparative political scientists and political theorists from Europe and North America clarify the complex character and tensions of multinational democracies by reflecting on four exemplars--the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium and Canada. The work offers a new approach to the study, understanding and governing of multinational societies and, in so doing, of culturally diverse societies more generally. This volume will be of interest to those concerned with diverse societies, nationalism, struggles for recognition, federalism and democratic constitutionalism in conditions of pluralism. |
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Justice and stability in multinational democracies | 35 |
So many nations so few states territory and nationalism in the global era | 39 |
Political stability in multinational democracies comparing language dynamics in Brussels Montreal and Barcelona | 65 |
Justice and stability in multinational societies | 90 |
Political liberalism in multinational states the legitimacy of plural and asymmetrical federalism | 110 |
Struggles over recognition and institutions of accommodation | 133 |
Federalism federation and collective identities in Canada and Belgium different routes similar fragmentation | 137 |
Recognition claims partisan politics and institutional constraints Belgium Spain and Canada in a comparative perspective | 176 |
Federalist language policies the cases of Canada and Spain | 242 |
Competing national visions CanadaQuebec relations in a comparative perspective | 257 |
Modes of reconciliation and conflict management | 275 |
Liberal citizenship in multinational societies | 279 |
Nationality in divided societies | 299 |
The moral foundations of asymmetrical federalism a normative exploration of the case of Quebec and Canada | 319 |
Federalism and the management of conflict in multinational societies | 338 |
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