Claims for Secession and Federalism : A Comparative Study with a Special Focus on Spain /: A Comparative Study with a Special Focus on Spain. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alberto López-Basaguren, Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio, editors.
• Other Names: López Basaguren, Alberto; Escajedo San Epifanio, Leire
• Contents: Intro; Contents; When Federalism Faces Secession: Presentation of a Theoretical-Practical Analysis of the Spanish Experience in the Light of Co...; Part I: Claims for Secession in Western Democracies. A Comparative Overview; Secession and Federalism in the United States: Tools for Managing Regional Conflict in a Pluralist Society; 1 Introduction: Autonomy and Interdependence in Pluralist Society; 2 Secession in the United States; 2.1 Subnational Secession: Then and Now; 2.2 The American Revolution; 2.3 The American Civil War; 3 Federalism in the United States 3.1 The Structure and Function of American Federalism3.2 Federalism as a Strategy for Good Governance; 3.3 Constitutional Indeterminacy and Federalism Theory; 4 Nationhood Amid Forces of Political Entropy and Gravity; 4.1 The U.S. Model and the Alternatives; 4.2 The Forces of Fragmentation and Centralization; 4.2.1 Political Entropy: Toward Disassociation; 4.2.2 Political Gravity: Toward Interconnection; 4.3 Suspended Between Autonomy and Interdependence; 4.3.1 Regional Marginalization in Québec and Kurdistan; 4.3.2 Devolution in the United Kingdom and Spain 4.4 Secession and the Morality of Inclusion5 Conclusion: Federalism as a Sword and a Shield; References; Legality, Legitimacy, Decisionism and Federalism: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canadaś Reasoning in Reference re Seces...; 1 The Mobilization of Monistic Identities in the Context of a Secession Attempt; 2 The Courtś Measured Depiction of the Internally Plural Political Communities Making Up the Canadian Federation; 3 The Courtś Non Positivist Constitutional Theory; 3.1 The Courtś Theory of Sources; 3.2 The Courtś Theory of Interpretive Responsibility 3.3 The Courtś Interpretive Style4 Conclusion; References; Competing Claims for Federalism in Complex Political Settings. A Canadian Exploration; 1 Competing Forms of Federal Arrangements; 2 The Québec Case and the Secessionist Track; 3 Options for a New Canada; 4 Concluding Remarks; References; Is the Québec Secession Movement Dead? Perspectives After Canadaś 2015 Federal Election; 1 Introduction; 2 Québec as a Nation; 3 Sovereigntist Parties and the Federal Government: The Interplay of Strategies; 4 The Liberals (1995-2005): Changing the Sovereignty Game with Tough Love 5 The Conservatives (2006-2015): From French Kiss to Indifference6 Support for Sovereigntist Parties: Some Quantitative Evidence; 7 Explaining the 2011 NDP Success in Québec; 8 Support for Sovereignty and Independence: Some Quantitative Evidence; 9 Conclusions: The Possibility of a Future Referendum; References; Provincial Integration Through the Senate: Trudeauś (Not Quite) New Era; 1 Introduction; 2 The Starting Point: Harperś Failed Reform Attempt and the Supreme Court; 3 Trudeauś New Approach: A Closer Relation with the Provinces; 3.1 The Electoral Proposals
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 321.02; Federal government; Conflict management; Secession; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319597072; 3319597078
• Related ISBNs: 9783319597065
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2019).
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