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Synopsis
Focusing on autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, this work examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Contributors distinguish among types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and unity of the state.
Table of Contents
Introduction / William Safran. -- Spatial and functional dimensions of autonomy : cross-national and theoretical perspectives / William Safran. --Democracy, federalism, and nationalism in multinational states / Ramâon Mâaiz. -- Local and global : mesogovernments and territorial identities / Luis Moreno. -- Identity, ethnicity, and the state in Spain : 19th and 20th centuries / Justo G. Beramendi. -- Basque polarization : between autonomy and independence / Francisco J. Liera. -- Autonomist regionalism within the Spanish state / Xosâe Manoel Nunez. -- National identity and self-government : the Galician case / Antâon Losada. -- Autonomy of the sacred : the endgame in Kosovo / Steven Majstorovic. -- Internal unit demarcation and national identity : India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka / Swarna Rajagopalan. -- The political demands of isolated Indian bands in British columbia / Dennis L. Thomson. -- Why territorial autonomy is not a viable option for managing ethnic conflict in African plural societies / Shaheen Mozaffar and James R. Scarritt. -- Security in deeply divided societies : The role of territorial autonomy / Ronald Rothchild and Caroline Hartzell.