Constitutionalism and the Politics of Accommodation in Multinational Democracies

This collection argues that although constitutionalism has traditionally been the primary mechanism for facilitating the mutual accommodation of sub-state and state national societies in plurinational states.

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François Rocher, University of Ottawa, Canada Elisenda Casanas Adams, University of Edinburgh, UK Hector Lopez Bofill, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Eve Hepburn, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Jordi Argelaguet, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain André Fazi, Université de Corte, Corsica, France Stephen Tierney, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Francesco Palermo, University of Verona, Italy Markku Suksi, University of Abo, Finland

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PART I: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE ACCOMMODATION OF NATIONAL DIVERSITY 1. Varieties of Territorial Pluralism: Prospects for the Constitutional and Political Accommodation of Puerto Rico in the USA; Jaime Lluch 2. (Mis)recognition in Catalunya and Quebec: The Politics of Judicial Containment; Elisenda Casanas Adams and François Rocher 3. The Limits of Constitutionalism: Politics, Economics, and Secessionism in Catalonia (2006-2013); Hector Lopez Bofill PART II: THE MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF THE POLITICS OF ACCOMMODATION IN MULTINATIONAL POLITIES 4. The Accommodation of Island Autonomies in Multinational States; Eve Hepburn 5. From Autonomism to Independentism: the Growth of Secessionism in Catalonia (2010-2013); Jordi Argelaguet 6. The Multilevel Politics of Accommodation and the Non-Constitutional Moment: Lessons from Corsica; André Fazi PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE PRACTICE OF AUTONOMISM, FEDERALISM, AND DEVOLUTION 7. Flexible Accommodation: Another Case of British Exceptionalism?; Stephen Tierney 8. Italy: Autonomism, Decentralization, Federalism, or What Else?; Francesco Palermo 9. Autonomous Areas as a Constitutional Feature in China and Finland; Markku Suksi