{"product_id":"minority-nations-in-the-age-of-uncertainty-new-paths-to-national-emancipation-and-empowerment-paperback-softback-9781442627031","title":"Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty; New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442627031","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMinority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlain-G. Gagnon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442627031\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the world’s leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In \u003cem\u003eMinority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority nations have begun to empower themselves in a global environment that is increasingly hostile to national minorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing conditions in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland, Gagnon offers six interrelated essays on national minorities, processes of accommodation, and autonomy and self-determination within a modern democratic context. Based on a long career of scholarly study and public engagement, he argues that self-determination for these “nations without states” is best achieved through intercultural engagement and negotiation within the federal system, rather than through independence movements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlready translated into fifteen languages from the original French, \u003cem\u003eMinority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential text on the theory of multinational federalism and the politics of minority nations.This edition also features a foreword by noted political scientist and philosopher James Tully that discusses the significance of Gagnon's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by James Tully\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: National Cultures, Democracy, and Legitimacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Linguistic Diversity, Language Policy, and the Limits of Federal Accommodation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. New Challenges for Multinational States: Globalization and Competing Citizenship Regimes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Pillars of Quebec’s New Citizenship Regime: The Informal Constitution and Interculturalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. From Containment to Empowerment: Moving towards Positive Autonomy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Towards Multinational Federalism: Moving beyond the Integration-Accommodation Dyad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Rethinking Intercommunal Relations in Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Embracing a New Politics of Dignity and Hospitality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Dignity of Catalonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588161597720,"sku":"9781442627031","price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/minority-nations-in-the-age-of-uncertainty-new-paths-to-national-emancipation-and-empowerment-paperback-softback-9781442627031","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}