Minority special status arrangements figure prominently in efforts to articulate universality with territorialized difference in many parts of the world. Yet much of what has been written about this important modality of the asymmetrical state has focused exclusively on the liberal democratic West. This book extends the analysis. It offers a structured-focused comparison of the experience of the People s Republic of China, France, and Spain. Case studies on central Tibet, Hong Kong, Corsica, and Catalonia are used to identify the conditions that affect the degree to which special status arrangements enhance stability while improving the citizenship of both minority territorial communities and their more vulnerable residents.

Autorentext

SUSAN J. HENDERS teaches political science at York University, in Toronto, Canada, where she is director of the York Centre for Asian Research.

Inhalt
The Study A Conceptual Framework: Asymmetry, Relational Identities, and the Double Dynamic of Special Status Processes Tibet from the Seventeen Point Agreement to the 'Great Opening up the West' Strategy The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Corsica from the Statut Parliculier to the Matignon Process Catalonia as a Comunidad Autónoma Comparative Themes and Issues: Seeing Beyond Regime Type