Examines the foundations of nationalist thinking and the justifications behind the nation-state model Reflects upon the nation building policies, politics of recognition and issues related to globalization Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles. The work contains theoretical essays and case studies by philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and governmental analysts that provide state...

Examines the foundations of nationalist thinking and the justifications behind the nation-state model Reflects upon the nation building policies, politics of recognition and issues related to globalization Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles. The work contains theoretical essays and case studies by philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and governmental analysts that provide state...

Critical reflections by established academics on the crisis of multiculturalism that occurred in Great Britain, Netherlands and Canada. It provides an occasion to develop a sophisticated understanding of societies characterized by religious, ethnic and cultural diversity.

A collection of state of the art reflections by fourteen leading experts in the field of multinational federalism. Seymour and Gagnon have gathered contributions from philosophers, political scientists and jurists dealing with the accommodation of peoples in countries like Belgium, Canada, Europe, Great Britain, India and Spain.

Le federalisme multinational est-il un modele d organisation politique viable ? La disparition de certaines federations multinationales comme l URSS, la Tchecoslovaquie et la Yougoslavie, de meme que la mise a mal de certaines autres experiences federales comme la Belgique et le Canada contrastent singulierement avec le succes relatif des federations mononationales comme les Etats-Unis et l Allemagne. Des lors, l experience europeenne est-elle prometteuse ?
Au-dela d un examen general de la question de l amenagement de la diversite nationale au sein des regimes federatifs, cet ouvrage se...