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Political autonomy and divided societies : imagining democratic alternatives in complex settings / edited by Alain-G Gagnon and Michael Keating.

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Autonomy has been widely advocated as a means of managing national diversity, whilst meeting the demands of justice and stability. It comes in a variety of forms, both territorial and non-territorial and spans the categories of secession, confederation, federalism, devolution, local government and c...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Gagnon, Alain, Keating, Michael, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Comparative territorial politics.
Subjects:
Autonomy.
Self-determination, National.
Ethnic conflict > Political aspects.
Autonomy > Case studies.
Self-determination, National > Case studies.
Ethnic conflict > Political aspects > Case studies.
Conflict management > Case studies.
Conflict management.
Case studies.
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.Ľger
  • Autonomy and Ethnic Diversity: The Case of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China; I.C̥ť
  • 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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