Political autonomy and divided societies : imagining democratic alternatives in complex settings

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Political autonomy and divided societies : imagining democratic alternatives in complex settings

edited by Alain-G Gagnon and Michael Keating

(Comparative territorial politics series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Bibliography: p. 241-265

Includes index

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Description

An all star cast of academic experts offer an important and timely analysis of the pursuit of autonomy. They argue that it is key to move beyond the primarily normative debate about the rights or wrongs of autonomous regions on the basis of cultural concerns, instead focusing on understanding what makes autonomy function successfully.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • M.Keating & A-G.Gagnon PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES Rethinking Territorial Autonomy
  • M.Keating Autonomy, Boundaries and Trust: Preliminary Remarks
  • G.Nootens Reconciling Autonomy, Community and Empowerment: The Difficult Birth of a Diversity School in the Western World
  • A-G.Gagnon Sub-State Governance through Territorial Autonomy: On the Relationship Between Autonomy and Federalism
  • M.Suksi PART II: CASE STUDIES Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Territorial Autonomy: Are They Really Incompatible?
  • F.Palermo Seeking New Autonomies: State Rescaling, Reterritorialization and Minority Identities in Atlantic Canada
  • J.Bickerton Recrafting Sovereignty: Lessons from Small Island Autonomies?
  • E.Hepburn Insularity and Autonomy
  • A.Fazi The 'Canadian School of Diversity' and Francophone Minority Communities
  • R.Leger Autonomy and Ethnic Diversity: The Case of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China
  • I.Cote Regions and Territorial Autonomy in Southeastern Europe
  • D.Stjepanovic Autonomy and Nationalist Demands in Southeast Asia
  • J.Bertrand Catalan Autonomy Building-Process in Immigration Policy: Conceptual, Institutional and Normative Dimensions
  • R.Zapata-Barrero Conclusion
  • A-G.Gagnon & M.Keating

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