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Parliaments of Autonomous Nations
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.
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Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies
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.
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