Multinational federalism and value pluralism : the Spanish case /

Requejo Coll, Ferran.

Multinational federalism and value pluralism : the Spanish case / Ferran Requejo. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. - 1 online resource ([ix], 131 pages) : illustrations - Routledge series in regional and federal studies ; 14 . - Routledge series in regional and federal studies ; 14. .

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-119) and index.

Chapter Introduction -- part Part I: Political liberalism and multinational democracies -- chapter 1 The quality of democracy in multinational contexts -- chapter 2 Democratic legitimacy and national pluralism -- part Part II: Multinational democracies and federalism -- chapter 3 Federalism, federations and national pluralism -- chapter 4 Plural federalism -- part Part III: Plural federalism and the Spanish Estado de las Autonomías -- chapter 5 The Spanish Estado de las Autonomías -- chapter 6 Future scenarios for Spanish multinational democracy.

This book addresses the democratic accommodation of national pluralism through federal rules. The key question is: can federalism be a fair and workable way of articulating multinational societies according to revised liberal-democratic patterns? In recent years, scholarly discussion on this issue has undergone a change. Nowadays, the answer to this question is much more complex than the one that traditional political liberalism and federalism used to give us. In the past, these two political approaches usually addressed the question of political pluralism without seriously including nation.

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Spanish autonomous communities--Politics and government.
Minorities--Spain.
Nationalism--Spain.
Legitimacy of governments--Spain.
Federal government--Spain.
Cultural pluralism--Spain.
Liberalism--Spain.
Nationalisme--Espagne.
Légitimité des gouvernements--Espagne.
Diversité culturelle--Espagne.
Libéralisme--Espagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Civics & Citizenship.
Cultural pluralism.
Federal government.
Legitimacy of governments.
Liberalism.
Minorities.
Nationalism.
Politics and government
Spanish autonomous communities--Politics and government.


Spain--Politics and government.
Espagne--Politique et gouvernement.
Spain.


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