Multinational Democracies

Multinational Democracies: Introduction; Part I. Justice and Stability in Multinational Democracies: 1. So many nations, so few states: the civic and the fear of minorisation Michael Keating; 2. Political stability in multinational societies: the civic state and the fear of minorisation Dominique Arel; 3. Justice and stability in multinational societies Wayne Norman; 4. Political liberalism in multinational states: the legitimacy of plural and asymmetrical federalism Ferran Requejo; Part II. Struggles over Recognition and Institutions of Accommodation: 5. Federalism, federation and collective identities in Canada and Belgium: different routes, similar fragmentation Dimitrios Karmis, Alain-G. Gagnon; 6. Recognition claims, partisan politics, and institutional constraints: Belgium, Spain and Canada in a comparative perspective Francois Rocher, Christian Rouillard and Andre Lecours; 7. Ethnoterritorial concurrence in multinational societies: the Spanish Comunidades Autonomas Luis Moreno; 8. Mutual recognition and the accommodation of national diversity: constitutional justice in Northern Ireland Shane O'Neill; 9. Federalist language regimes in multinational societies: the cases of Canada and Spain Pierre Coulombe; 10. Competing national visions: Canada-Quebec relations in a comparative perspective Michael Burgess; Part III. Modes of Reconciliation and Conflict Management: 11. Liberal citizenship in multinational societies Alan Patten; 12. Nationality in divided societies David Miller; 13. The moral foundation of asymmetrical federalism: a normative exploration of the case of Quebec and Canada Alain-G. Gagnon; 14. Federalism and the management of conflict in multinational societies Richard Simeon and Daniel-Patrick Conway.

'Multinational Democracies is a scholarly collection that provokes serious reflection on the dilemmas of modern governance.' Irish Political History