Format:
1 online resource (126 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203361498
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in Comparative Politics Ser.
Content:
A major feature of the political development of Western democracies is the growth of indigenous, ethnic and national groups striving for political self-determination. This book analyses the institutional responses individual governments have made to these demands. Sub-State Nationalism provides a much needed categorization and genuinely comparative analysis of the political voice gained by sub-state national groups in multinational democratic communities. The book includes international case-studies drawn from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. It covers the empirical question of what voice these groups have, and how its institutions are structured, and the analytical question of how such knowledge contributes to our theoretical understanding of the politics of group rights and representation.
Content:
Intro -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The matrix -- The cases -- The book chapters -- Part I Creating the matrix -- 1 What type of political voice? -- Are groups viable political units? -- What is a sub-state national group? -- Defining group membership -- How many group representatives? -- Who chooses the group's representatives? -- The categories -- Summary -- 2 Extent of political voice -- Power as influence -- Jurisdiction -- Access to the policy process -- Categorising the extent of political voice -- Summary -- Part II Evidence from the cases -- 3 Separate bodies -- Government of Nunavut -- Quebec National Assembly -- The Scottish Parliament -- Northern Ireland: Stormont, rolling devolution and the Northern Ireland Assembly -- Sechelt Indian Band self-government -- Yukon First Nations self-government -- Nisga'a self-government -- US tribal governments -- 4 Sub-legislative bodies and representatives -- Municipal and local-government-style institutions -- Assembly of Wales -- Functional boards and councils -- Electorates -- Secretary of State for Scotland -- Parliamentary committees -- ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) -- Part III Using the matrix -- 5 Theory and practice -- Representation -- Access -- Autonomy -- Conclusion -- 6 Legitimacy -- Legitimate structures? -- Consultation in the process -- Based on norms and beliefs -- Are the institutions used? -- Summary on legitimacy and the matrix -- 7 A shopping catalogue -- What different cells deliver -- Structures where there is an absence of trust -- Structures for the geographically concentrated -- Geographically dispersed and integrated cases -- Urban populations -- Conclusion -- 8 Concluding words -- The theory and practice of sub-state nationalism -- Future research directions -- Appendix.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415249676
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415249676
Additional Edition:
Print version Sub-State Nationalism : A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Design
Language:
English
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