Identity And Territorial Autonomy In Plural Societies (routledge Studies In Nationalism And Ethnicity)

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. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Introduction 8 I. COMPARATIVE APPROACHES 16 Spatial and Functional Dimensions of Autonomy: Cross-national and Theoretical Perspectives 18 Democracy, Federalism, and Nationalism in Multinational States 42 Local and Global: Mesogovemments and Territorial Identities 68 II. SPANISH EXPERIENCES 84 Identity, Ethnicity, and the State in Spain: 19th and 20th Centuries 86 Basque Polarization: Between Autonomy and Independence 108 Autonomist Regionalism within the Spanish State 128 National Identity and Self-government: The Galician Case 149 III. VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF IDENTITY, AUTONOMY, AND NATIONALISM 172 Autonomy of the Sacred: The Endgame in Kosovo 174 Internal Unit Demarcation and National Identity: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 198 The Political Demands of Isolated Indian Bands in British Columbia 219 Why Territorial Autonomy Is Not a Viable Option for Managing Ethnic Conflict in African Plural Societies 237 Security in Deeply Divided Societies: The Role of Territorial Autonomy 261 Abstracts 279 Notes on Contributors 282 Index 284 "This book focuses on approaches to autonomy in countries whose societies are marked by ethnic diversity, and examines the effects of territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities. Studying the problem from a cross-national and analytical perspective, the contributions distinguish among the types of autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy, and the unity of the state."--Jacket