Revisiting unity and diversity in federal countries changing concepts, reform proposals and new institutional realities / edited by Alain-G Gagnon, Michael Burgess.

Author/creator Revisiting Unity and Diversity in Federal Countries (Conference)
Other author Gagnon, Alain.
Other author Burgess, Michael.
Other author International Association of Centers for Federal Studies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2018.
Descriptionxx, 492 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesStudies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; Volume 11
Contents "!ke e: / Xarra //Keʺ: old diversities and new responses in the quest for unity in South Africa / Jaap de Visser and Nico Steytler -- Federalism and the evolving conceptions of unity and diversity in Ethiopia / Assefa Fiseha -- Territorial accommodation of ethnic diversity and internal minorities in two african federations : nigeria and ethiopia / Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha -- Accommodating national minorities in federal Awitzerland : concepts meet new realities / Eva Maria Belser -- The Canadian constitution and the metaphor of the living tree / Eugenie Brouillet and Alain-G. Gagnon -- Interplay of unity and diversity in bosnia and Herzegovina : Bosnia and Herzegovina in-between uniformity and division / Dejan Vanjek -- Is there unity in Brazil's political diversity? / Tracy Beck Fenwick -- Political unity and economic diversity in the Argentine federation / Miguel Angel Asensio -- Unity and diversity in Italy (partially) asymmetric regionalism in light of contemporary constitutional reform / Paolo Colasante -- Diversity accommodation as a strategy of national unity : the case of Canada / James Bickerton -- The evolution of European Union citizenship between unity and diversity / Gabriella Saputelli -- Diversity-induced centralization in American federalism with asymmetrical accommodations of territorial diversity / John Kincaid -- Of tribes and territories : asymmetry in American federalism / G. Alan Tarr -- How unity and diversity affect political asymmetries of indigenous groups in federations : heterogenous institutional practices in australia, canada, and the united states / Shane Day -- Asymmetrical federalism in india : promoting secession or accommodating diversity? / Rekha Saxena -- Reconciling liberal democracy, nationalism and political divorce / Marc Sanjaume-Calvet -- Hegemonic or shared autonomy? : two approaches and their implications for constitutional design / Karl Kossler -- The "ping-pong" power : deviant state legislation in Germany / Hans-Peter Schneider -- English or French? : disputes in Switzerland over federal competence in teaching languages / Peter Hanni -- Conclusion : conceptual, theoretical and empirical reflections / Michael Burgess.
General note"This book comes out of an international meeting held in Montreal 1-3 October 2015 by members of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS). The event was sponsored by the Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies (CREQC)/Interdisciplinary Research Center on Diversity and Democracy (CRIDAQ) based at the Universite du Quebec in Montreal." -- ECIP introduction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018033600
ISBN9789004367173 (hardback : alk. paper)

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