Defensive federalism : protecting territorial minorities from the "tyranny of the majority"
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Defensive federalism : protecting territorial minorities from the "tyranny of the majority"
(Routledge studies in federalism and decentralization)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Introduces a new concept of federalism that can be debated by students and scholars.
First book entirely devoted to the idea of defensive federalism as a protection of self-government against the tyranny of the majority.
Table of Contents
1. Defensive Federalism: Tackling the Two Faces of the Territorial Tyranny of the Majority. A Revised Federal Institutional Design, 2. Consociational Executives: Power-Sharing Governments Between Inclusion and Functionality?, 3. Exclusive Powers and Self-Governed Entities: A Tool for Defensive Federalism?, 4. The Limits of Self Rule without Shared Rule, 5. Constitutional Asymmetries as an (In)effective Counterbalancing Tool in Protecting Territorial Self-Government?, 6. Political Asymmetries: 'Opting In and Opting Out' Decision-Making Procedures in Canada, 7. Agreeing to Disagree: Federal Veto Powers in Switzerland, 8. The Role of Constitutional Judges in Protecting Territorial Self-Government, 9. The Defensiveness of Nation-States: Preventing Majority Domination in the European Union, 10. Federal Chiaroscuros: Concluding Remarks
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