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Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty

New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment

by (author) Alain-G Gagnon

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
General, Canadian, Comparative Politics, State & Provincial

  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442649705
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $63.00

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442627031
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $31.95

  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442621268
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $25.95

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For thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the world’s leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority nations have begun to empower themselves in a global environment that is increasingly hostile to national minorities.

Comparing conditions in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland, Gagnon offers six interrelated essays on national minorities, processes of accommodation, and autonomy and self-determination within a modern democratic context. Based on a long career of scholarly study and public engagement, he argues that self-determination for these “nations without states” is best achieved through intercultural engagement and negotiation within the federal system, rather than through independence movements.

Already translated into fifteen languages from the original French, Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty is an essential text on the theory of multinational federalism and the politics of minority nations.This edition also features a foreword by noted political scientist and philosopher James Tully that discusses the significance of Gagnon's work.

About the author

Alain-G. Gagnon holds the Canada Research Chair in Québec and Canadian Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His most recent books include, as author, The Case for Multinational Federalism and Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty; as co-author, Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec; and, as co-editor, Federal Democracies as well as Political Autonomy and Divided Societies and Multinational Federalism.

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