Regional Autonomy Cultural Diversity And Differentiated Territorial Government

Author : Roberto Toniatti,Jens Woelk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135070014

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Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government by Roberto Toniatti,Jens Woelk Pdf

Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government assesses the current state of the international theory and practice of autonomy in order to pursue the possibility of regional self-government in Tibet. Initiated by a workshop and roundtable with political representatives from different autonomous regions, including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, this book brings together a group of distinguished international scholars to offer a much-needed enquiry into solutions to the Tibetan quest for ‘genuine’ autonomy. Examining the Chinese framework of regional self-government, along with key international cases of autonomy in Europe, North America and Asia, the contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive context for the consideration of both Tibetan demands and Chinese worries. Their insights will be invaluable to academics, practitioners, diplomats, civil servants, government representatives, international organisations and NGOs interested in the theory and practice of autonomy, as well as those concerned with the future of Tibet.

Author : Roberto Toniatti,Jens Woelk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1135070008

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Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government by Roberto Toniatti,Jens Woelk Pdf

Author : Thomas Benedikter
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783643964014

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100 Years of Modern Territorial Autonomy - Autonomy around the World by Thomas Benedikter Pdf

An unclouded look at territorial autonomy back and forward, 100 years after the establishment of the first "modern" territorial autonomy in a democratic state: the Åland Islands in Finland in 1921/22. Where has autonomy been successful to ensure minority protection and self-government, where has it failed, where is it in crisis, where is it aspired to? In which cases would autonomy settle open conflicts between states and regional communities, and in which cases of national emancipation is autonomy no longer sufficient? In 2021, after 100 years of experience with territorial autonomy in all parts of the world, this concept for solving sub-state conflicts is still underestimated. Background information and assessments on the development to date and on the perspectives for the application of territorial autonomy in various regions worldwide by the author of "The World's Modern Autonomy Systems", conversations with ten outstanding personalities from politics and science in these regions and a foreword by the South Tyrolean politician and scientist Oskar Peterlini, former senator in Rome. Thomas Benedikter is an economist and political scientist, publicist, working for South Tyrol's Center for Political Studies and Civic Education POLITiS.

Author : André Lecours
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192846754

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Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy by André Lecours Pdf

The strength of secessionism in liberal-democracies varies in time and space. Inspired by historical institutionalism, Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy argues that such variation is explained by the extent to which autonomy evolves in time. If autonomy adjusts to the changing identity, interests, and circumstances of an internal national community, nationalism is much less likely to be strongly secessionist than if autonomy is a final, unchangeable settlement. Developing a controlled comparison of, on the one hand, Catalonia and Scotland, where autonomy has been mostly static during key periods of time, and, on the other hand, Flanders and South Tyrol, where it has been dynamic, and also considering the Basque Country, Québec, and Puerto Rico as additional cases, this book puts forward an elegant theory of secessionism in liberal-democracies: dynamic autonomy staves off secessionism while static autonomy stimulates it.

Author : Ferran Requejo,Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000645590

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Defensive Federalism by Ferran Requejo,Marc Sanjaume-Calvet Pdf

Defensive Federalism presents an original contribution to the field of federalism and multinational democracies, exploring the concept of defensive federalism as a protection of self- government against the "tyranny of the majority". The empirical evidence on federal and regional polities often shows critical imbalances in the territorial division of powers beyond what has been formally established in the constitutional rules. This volume highlights the rights, institutions, decision- making processes and procedural rules that can protect and develop the practical political, economic and cultural powers of federated and regional entities, especially those linked to territorial national minorities. The authors focus on federalism as a safeguard of self- rule, as well as a set of institutional and procedural rules to avoid the territorial dimension of the "tyranny of the majority". They answer two fundamental questions: how is it possible to design new stable and fairer federal agreements between national minorities and majorities where there is no single ideal solution? Is there a need for a new kind of "defensive federal model" for approaching national pluralism in liberal democracies? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of federalism, national diversity and democracy, as well as policymakers and practitioners in both public and private institutions. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com

Author : John W. Head
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000020748

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A Global Corporate Trust for Agroecological Integrity by John W. Head Pdf

This book examines global environmental governance and how legal, institutional, and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture. Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system – described in this book as a fossil-carbon-dependent ‘modern extractive agriculture’ – with a natural-systems agriculture featuring perennial grains growing in polycultures, thereby mimicking the natural grassland and forest ecosystems that modern extractive agriculture has largely destroyed. After examining relevant international legal and conceptual foundations (sovereignty, federalism, global governance) and existing international organizations focusing on agriculture, the book explores legal and institutional opportunities to facilitate dramatic agricultural reform and ecological restoration. Among other things, it explains how innovative federalism structures around the world provide patterns for reorienting global environmental governance, including what the book calls eco-states that would, through exercise of pluralistic sovereignty, be responsible for agroecological management. Drawing from his experience working in international institutions, the author provides detailed global-governance proposals for facilitating the type of agricultural reform that can help avoid ecological collapse, especially through soil degradation and climate change. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international law, agroecology, climate change, ecological restoration, sustainable development, and global governance, as well as policy-makers and practitioners working in these fields.

Author : Tove H. Malloy,Levente Salat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000205688

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Non-Territorial Autonomy and Decentralization by Tove H. Malloy,Levente Salat Pdf

This volume describes and analyzes alternative and emerging models of non-territorial autonomy (NTA), particularly in relation to decentralization. The authors push the NTA debate in new directions by offering a re-conceptualization based on ethno-cultural bottom-up decentralized action that redefines autonomy into its true sense of autonomous action. Through description, critical analysis, and evaluation of several case studies, this book assesses the potential for new paradigms within decentralized systems. The authors explore two approaches to political decentralization which add to the theoretical debate on NTA – network governance, which focuses on new dynamics in policy processes, and normative pluralism, which focuses on accommodating the distinctness of the groups through the subsidiarity principle with regard to their own affairs. The book explores the potential ramifications of ethno-cultural NTA institutions acting within the wider framework of state institutions and assesses the functions of these institutions as another dimension of decentralization and thus another ‘layer’ of democracy. With contemporary examples from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South Africa, as well as theoretical aspects of the conceptualization of autonomy, this book offers a truly global perspective. It will be of great interest to policy-makers in countries experiencing adverse developments due to the pressure on public management, as well as advanced students and scholars questioning the ability of the Westphalian system to address cultural diversity.

Author : John Kincaid
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788112970

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A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies by John Kincaid Pdf

In this forward-thinking book, fifteen leading scholars set forth cutting-edge agendas for research on significant facets of federalism, including basic theory, comparative studies, national and subnational constitutionalism, courts, self-rule and shared rule, centralization and decentralization, nationalism and diversity, conflict resolution, gender equity, and federalism challenges in Africa, Asia, and the European Union. More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives under federal arrangements, making federalism not only a major research subject but also a vital political issue worldwide.

Author : Tove Malloy,Alexander Osipov,Balázs Vizi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191058325

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Managing Diversity through Non-Territorial Autonomy by Tove Malloy,Alexander Osipov,Balázs Vizi Pdf

Non-territorial autonomy (NTA) is a statecraft tool that is increasingly gaining importance in societies seeking to accommodate demands by ethno-cultural groups for a voice in cultural affairs important to the protection and preservation of their identity, such as language, education, and religion. As states recognize the specific rights of identity minorities in multicultural and multi-ethnic societies, they are faced with a need to improve their diversity management regimes. NTA offers policy-makers a range of options for institutional design adaptable to specific circumstances and historical legacies. It devolves degrees of power through legal frameworks and institutions in specific areas of ethno-cultural life, while maintaining social unity at the core level of society. Throughout Europe and North America, NTA exists and is implemented at a state, regional, and local level. Much has been written about the concept of autonomy and its usage as a statecraft tool in states facing regional division, but little literature addresses its non-territorial institutional and public administration functions. This edited volume seeks to fill this gap. Managing Diversity through Non-Territorial Autonomy: Assessing Advantages, Deficiencies, and Risks, carves a space for contextual knowledge production on NTA in law, as well as social and political sciences. Contextual knowledge involves a description of institutions and their functionality as well as of the institutional and legal frames protecting these. What are the institutions, bodies, and functions that ethno-cultural groups can draw on when seeking to have a voice over their own affairs, as well as over issues in society related to their identity production? How are these entities incorporated and empowered to have a voice? What degree of voice do they have, and how are they designed to project this voice? Thus, contextual knowledge also involves critical assessment and risk analysis as well as penetrating insights as to the unintended consequences and hidden agendas that may inform NTA policies. This volume is to provide both policy-makers and ethno-cultural groups with a tool-kit that promotes social cohesion while respecting diversity. This is the first volume in a series of five which will examine the protection and representation of minorities through non-territorial means.

Author : Christiane Falge,Carlo Ruzza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317096580

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Migrants and Health by Christiane Falge,Carlo Ruzza Pdf

Integrating newcomers and minorities into the social fabric of receiving countries has become one of the crucial challenges of contemporary Western societies. This volume seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices and public policies where the challenges of including cultural diversity into the social fabric are most pronounced: namely the health care system. In recent years, pro-migrant organizations and anti-racist activists have repeatedly voiced and politicized demands to improve migrants' access to the health-care system giving rise to a lively debate about migrants' access to health-care and responsiveness of institutions to their needs. In a nutshell the book achieves the following: - Provides a conceptual framework to link patterns of political advocacy/mobilization and processes of migrants' socio-political inclusion - Integrates the (multi-disciplinary) literature on political mobilization and accommodating cultural diversity in an innovative fashion - Presents a comparative study on accommodating diversity in the health care system from a comparative transatlantic perspective - Generates insight into best practices in the health care system that will be of interest to scholars as well as practitioners in the field. The analysis of health care provision offers an opportunity to test new public policy strategies and the policy consequences of the now widespread aspiration to include citizens more fully in designing and implementing them.

Author : Tove H. Malloy,Francesco Palermo
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191063589

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Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy by Tove H. Malloy,Francesco Palermo Pdf

Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy explores the relationship between minority, territory, and autonomy, and how it informs our understanding of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a strategy for accommodating ethno-cultural diversity in modern societies. While territorial autonomy (TA) is defined by a claim to a certain territory, NTA does not assume that it is derived from any particular right to territory, allocated to groups that are dispersed among the majority while belonging to a certain self-identified notion of group identity. In seeking to understand the value of NTA as a public policy tool for social cohesion, this volume critically dissects the autonomy arrangements of both NTA and TA, and through a conceptual analysis and case-study examination of the two models, rethinks the viability of autonomy arrangements as institutions of diversity management. This is the second volume in a five-part series exploring the protection and representation of minorities through non-territorial means, examining this paradox within law and international relations with specific attention to non-territorial autonomy (NTA).

Author : Ephraim Nimni
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Autonomy
ISBN : 0415249643

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National Cultural Autonomy and Its Contemporary Critics by Ephraim Nimni Pdf

This new book delivers the first English translation of 'State and Nation' and brings together a collection of distinguished and leading political scientists to provide a detailed and critical assessment of Renner's theory of national-cultural autonomy.

Author : Frans Schrijver
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789056294281

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Regionalism After Regionalisation by Frans Schrijver Pdf

Concentrating on three countries, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, and three regional case studies of Galicia, Brittany and Wales, this book offers an analysis of the development of political regionalism after regionalisation.

Author : Karlo Basta,John McGarry,Richard Simeon
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774828208

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Territorial Pluralism by Karlo Basta,John McGarry,Richard Simeon Pdf

Territorial pluralism is a form of political autonomy designed to accommodate national, ethnic, or linguistic differences within a state. It has the potential to provide for the peaceful, democratic, and just management of difference. But given traditional concerns about state sovereignty, nation-building, and unity, how realistic is it to expect that a state’s authorities will agree to recognize and empower distinct substate communities? Territorial Pluralism answers this question by examining a wide variety of cases, including developing and industrialized states and democratic and authoritarian regimes. Drawing on examples of both success and failure, contributors analyze specific cases to understand the kinds of institutions that emerge in response to demands for territorial pluralism, as well as their political effects. With identity conflicts continuing to have a major impact on politics around the globe, they argue that territorial pluralism remains a legitimate and effective means for managing difference in multinational states.

Author : Mario D'Angelo,Paul Vespérini,Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287142297

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Cultural Policies in Europe by Mario D'Angelo,Paul Vespérini,Council of Europe Pdf

Over the last 25 years there has been increasing pressure for the regions to assert their authority. This publication is an overview of regional issues and cultural policy in Europe. It looks at the relationship between cultural identity and a geographical area, regional autonomy, cultural dynamics and administrative devolution of cultural affairs.