Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies

✍ Scribed by André Lecours (editor); Nikola Brassard-Dion (editor); Guy Laforest (editor)

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Series: Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Analyzing constitutional politics in multinational contexts through an examination of its nature, actors, and process.

In Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies the editors bring together experts on multinational democracies to analyze the claims of minority nations about their political future, and the responses they elicit through constitutional politics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS IN MULTINATIONAL DEMOCRACIES
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures and Tables
INTRODUCTION Constitutional Politics in Multinational Democracies
1 What’s the Deal? Canada’s Constitutional Relationship with the Métis Nation
2 Responding to Secession Referenda: Constitutional and Quasi-Constitutional Change in Quebec and Scotland
3 Embedded Independence: Self-Government and Interdependence in the Scottish National Movement
4 Flemish Nationalism and the Left-Right Divide: Consequences for Constitutional Politics in Belgium
5 The Legitimacy-Legality Constitutional Paradox in Multinational Democracies and the Constitutional Origins of Sub-State Party System Realignments
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Constitutional Politics in a “State of Minorities”
CONCLUSION The Nature, Actors, and Process of Constitutional Politics
Contributors
Index