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Constitutional politics is exceptionally intense and unpredictable. It involves negotiations over the very nature of the state and the implications of self- determination. Multinational democracies face pressing challenges to the existing order because they are composed of communities with distinct cultures, histories, and aspirations, striving to coexist under mutually agreed-upon terms. Conflict over the recognition of these multiple identities and the distribution of power and resources is inevitable and, indeed, part of what defines democratic life in multinational societies. In Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies André Lecours, Nikola Brassard-Dion, and Guy Laforest bring together experts on multinational democracies to analyze the claims of minority nations about their political future and the responses they elicit through constitutional politics. Essays focus on the nature of these states and the actors and political process within them. This framework allows for a multidimensional examination of crucial political periods in these democracies by assessing what constitutional politics is, who is involved in it, and how it happens. Case studies include Catalonia and Spain, Puerto Rico and the United States, Scotland and the United Kingdom, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Quebec and the Métis People in Canada. Theoretically significant and empirically rich, Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies is a necessary read for any student of multinationalism.

\"For many years nationalism has been associated with political demands by minority nations that challenge the rights of the central state. However, over the last two decades many works have challenged this perspective, arguing that nationalism - as a political phenomenon - is likely to emerge among both majority and minority nations. In light of a renewed interest in the study of nationalism, Contemporary Majority Nationalism brings together a group of major scholars committed to making sense of this widespread phenomenon. To better illustrate the reality of majority nationalism and the way it has been expressed, authors combine analytical and comparative perspectives. In the first section, contributors highlight the paradox of majority nationalism and the ways in which collective identities become national identities. The second section offers in-depth case study analyses of France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, and the United States. This book is an international project led by three members of the Research Group on Plurinational Societies based at Université du Québec à Montréal. \" --Publisher's website.

At a time when nationalist movements are forcefully looking for new forms of political, institutional, and constitutional accommodation – if not seeking independence altogether – insight into their dynamics is more useful than ever. In The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations, Guy Laforest and André Lecours assemble an original perspective on minority nations in Belgium, Canada, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Analyzing how parliaments in Flanders, Quebec, Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have worked to build, consolidate, and express their identities, manage and protect the cultural distinctiveness of their communities, as well as articulate self-determination claims, contributors provide insights into these nations’ democracies and traditions. Essays also focus on the central parliaments of multinational states, and on the methods used by these parliaments to promote their own national identities and respond to minority nations’ claims for recognition, autonomy, or even independence. An illuminating look at the internal forces of Western governments, The Parliaments of Autonomous Nations also offers a broad view of vital concerns such as nationalist struggles, federalism, and parliamentarism.

Featuring discussions of comparative politics, public policy, and international relations, this collection from editor André Lecours is a comprehensive examination of the subject, making it a crucial addition to any political scientist's library.

\"Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada is a concise book that aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history of the equalization program, a discussion of key economic debates concerning the role of that program and its effects, an analysis of the politics of equalization as witnessed over the last decade, and an exploration of the relationship between equalization and other components of fiscal federalism, particularly the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer. The result is an analysis of equalization that draws from the best scholarship available in the fields of economics, economic history, political science, public policy, and political sociology.\"-- Provided by publisher.

In light of a renewed interest in the study of nationalism, Contemporary Majority Nationalism brings together a group of major scholars committed to making sense of this widespread phenomenon. To better illustrate the reality of majority nationalism and the way it has been expressed, authors combine analytical and comparative perspectives. In the first section, contributors highlight the paradox of majority nationalism and the ways in which collective identities become national identities. The second section offers in-depth case study analyses of France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, and the United States. This book is an international project led by three members of the Research Group on Plurinational Societies based at Université du Québec à Montréal. Contributors include James Bickerton (St-Francis Xavier University), Ángel Castiñeira (ESADE - Escuela superior de administración y dirección de empresas), John Coakley (University College Dublin), Alain Dieckhoff (Institut d’études politiques, Paris), Louis Dupont (Sorbonne University), Enric Fossas (Unversitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Alain-G. Gagnon (Université du Québec à Montréal), Liah Greenfeld (Boston University), André Lecours (Ottawa University), John Loughlin (St Edmund's College, Cambridge, and Cambridge University), and Geneviève Nootens (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi).

This book sheds light on the complicated, multi-faceted relationship between nationalism and democracy by examining how nationalism in various periods and contexts shapes, or is shaped by, democratic practices or the lack thereof. This book examines nationalism’s relationship with democracy using three approaches: The challenge of democracy for sub-state nationalism: analyzing the circumstances under which sub-state nationalism is compatible with democracy, and assessing the democratic implications of various nationalist projects. The impact of state nationalism on democratic practices: examining the implications of state nationalism for democracy, both in countries where liberal democratic principles and practices are well-established and where they are not. Understanding how state nationalism affects democratization processes and what impact sub-state nationalism has in these contexts. Featuring a range of case studies on Western, Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, African and the Middle East, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, nationalism and democracy. Part I. Theoretical and conceptual discussion 1: Introduction: Tensions and paradoxes of a multi-faceted relationship - Luis Moreno and André Lecours 2. Multiculturalism, ethnicity, and the nation-state: Ideology, identity, and policy - William Safran 3. Ethno-national state definition and liberal democratic practices: Beyond ‘neutrality’ in deeply divided societies - Ilan Peleg 4. National self-determination and democracy - Benyamin Neuberger 5. Competing National Identities and Democratization. A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis - Enric Martínez-Herrera Part II. Case studies 6. Making and unmaking democratic opportunities in nationalist mobilization: A comparative analysis of the MLNV (Basque Country) and the BNG (Galicia) - Pedro Ibarra and Ramón Máiz 7. Xenophobic parties and the making of exclusionary etatized nationalism: Cases from Western and Eastern Europe - Ray Taras 8. Democratization in the Post-Soviet Countries of Eastern Europe and ‘Nationalizing’ Politics - Elena Meleshkina 9. Political and National Identity in Russian Political Discourse - Olga Malinova and Philipp Casula 10. Escalating Minority Claims: The Arab ‘Visionary Documents 2006-7’ in Israel - Ilana Kaufman 11. ‘One Zambia, one nation’, many groups: state nationalism as a constraint on ethnopolitics and a facilitator of democratization - James R. Scarrit 12. Unionism and Pan-Nationalism: Exploring the Dialectical Relationship between Minority and Majority Sub-State Nationalism - Allan Craigie 13. A consociational democracy or Anglo-Irish conflict management?: The St Andrews Agreement and the political accommodation of Irish nationalism - Adrian Guelke 14. Conclusions - André Lecours and Luis Moreno André Lecours (Ed.) New Institutionalism. Theory and Analysis , University of Toronto Press in 2005 (eds.) Dominant Nationalism, Dominant Ethnicity. Identity, Federalism and Democracy (Brussels: Peter Lang, 2009) (with Geneviève Nootens). Nationalism and Social Policy. The Politics of Territorial Solidarity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) (with Daniel Béland). (eds.) Les nationalismes majoritaires contemporains: identité, mémoire, pouvoir (Montréal: Québec Amérique, 2007) (with Alain-G. Gagnon and Geneviève Nootens). Basque Nationalism and the Spanish State (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2007). Luis Moreno Moreno, Luis (2001), The Federalization of Spain . London / Portland, OR: Frank Cass/Routledge (ISBN: 0-7146-5138-9). McEwen, Nicola y Moreno, Luis (eds.) (2005), The Territorial Politics of Welfare . London, New York: Routledge (ISBN: 0-415-36319-5). He is a Board member of the Research Committee on ‘Politics and Ethnicity’ of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).