Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty
New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- General, Canadian, State & Provincial, Comparative Politics
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442649705
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $63.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442627031
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $31.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442621268
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $25.95
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Description
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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Contains Pgs from 9781442601215(Bickerton & Gagnon)
