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Focusing on approaches to autonomy in countries whose societies are
marked by ethnic diversity, this study examines the effects of
territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities.
Studying the problem from a cross-national and analytical
perspective, the contributors distinguish among the types of
autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and the unity of
the state. Post-Franco Spain, in the process of continuing
democritization, has become important as a laboratory of
institutional accomodation of ethnic and regional identities, and
the second section concentrates on that country's attempts to steer
a middle course between federalism and forms of decentralization.
The study contains case studies dealing with questions of
nationalism, autonomy and identity in Kosovo, India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, British Columbia and Africa.
Focusing on approaches to autonomy in countries whose societies are
marked by ethnic diversity, this study examines the effects of
territorial solutions to the safeguarding of cultural identities.
Studying the problem from a cross-national and analytical
perspective, the contributors distinguish among the types of
autonomy and their impact on pluralism, democracy and the unity of
the state. Post-Franco Spain, in the process of continuing
democritization, has become important as a laboratory of
institutional accomodation of ethnic and regional identities, and
the second section concentrates on that country's attempts to steer
a middle course between federalism and forms of decentralization.
The study contains case studies dealing with questions of
nationalism, autonomy and identity in Kosovo, India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, British Columbia and Africa.
Most western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic
dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from
large empire to unified nation. This book attempts to repair this
neglect, by bringing together a number of case studies on the
ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society.
Most of the contributors to this study use largely Chinese-language
sources. Five are social anthropologists, and three (in addition to
the editor) are political scientists. They provide in-depth
analyses of Han relations with Mongolians and Muslims; the
relations between the national government and selected provinces,
especially after the Cultural revolution; the majority-minority
interactions within provinces and the tensions within minority
communities; the conflict between nationalism and Marxism and its
impact on policies of culture and language; and attempts to balance
the pressures for the legitimization of cultural diversity and for
affirmative action with the imperatives of political unity.
Most western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic
dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from
large empire to unified nation. This book attempts to repair this
neglect, by bringing together a number of case studies on the
ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society.
Most of the contributors to this study use largely Chinese-language
sources. Five are social anthropologists, and three (in addition to
the editor) are political scientists. They provide in-depth
analyses of Han relations with Mongolians and Muslims; the
relations between the national government and selected provinces,
especially after the Cultural revolution; the majority-minority
interactions within provinces and the tensions within minority
communities; the conflict between nationalism and Marxism and its
impact on policies of culture and language; and attempts to balance
the pressures for the legitimization of cultural diversity and for
affirmative action with the imperatives of political unity.
The components of citizenship in Canada, and the diversity of
attitudes concerning the subject are analyzed by the contributors,
addressing issues such as the reciprocal nature of the relationship
between legal (political) and societal (ethnic) citizenship; the
conflict of identities for members of Anglophone and Francophone,
native and immigrant, and European and indigenous subcultures; the
rivalry between federal and provincial orientations; and the
processes of identity change resulting from shared experiences and
interactions.
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