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OverviewThe nation state is now faced with unprecedented pressures. Global shifts (a medley of powerful forces in contemporary political economy, military affairs and international security, technology and communications, cultural changes, ecological challenges and so on) require policy solutions at levels of governance beyond traditional states. At the same time, and in part as a response to these wider forces and the uncertainty they bring in their wake, established national polities are challenged too by the rise of politicized sub-national (ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural) movements. This phenomenon presents a challenge to the extant political systems and the elites who manage their affairs. Moreover, it offers a particular challenge to democratic states. Inasmuch as these polities celebrate the virtues of self-determination and encourage pluralism as a matter of course, flourishing and assertive movements demanding in some degree the re-negotiation of the national bargain, present a serious challenge to the continuity of historic national projects. At the same time, democracy is particularly well equipped, both as a discourse and method of practising politics, for accommodating cultural diversity. This book contains an overview of this challenge to the art of democratic government, and case studies from every region of the world. The contributions are by acknowledged international experts on how democratic states have confronted the task of managing cultural diversity and accommodating perceived differences of identity short of political break-up. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael O'Neill (Department of Politics, Department of Politics, Nottingham Trent University) , Dennis Austin (Institute for Development, Institute for Development, University of Manchester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: 9 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.368kg ISBN: 9780199290000ISBN 10: 0199290008 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 13 July 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Dennis Austin and Michael O'Neill: Introduction: Democracy and Cultural Diversity 2: Alain Gagnon: Unity versus Diversity in Canada under Trudeau and Chrétien 3: Darren Wallis: Political Management of Diversity in Post-Revolutionary Mexico 4: Donna Lee Van Cott: Constitutional Reform and Ethnic Rights: Latin America 5: Montserrat Guibernau: The Politics of Identity in Democratic Spain: Catalonia and the Basque Country 6: Michael O'Neill: From Dicey to Devolution: Managing Territorial Diversity in Britain 7: Clive Church: Switzerland: A Paradigm in Evolution 8: Michael O'Neill: Language, Ethnicity and Nationality in Belgium 9: Desmond Thomas: Language and National Unity in Slovakia 10: Dennis Austin: Ghana in the 1990s: Un Beau Voyage? 11: Martin Dent: Democracy, Federalism and Ethnic Rivalry in Nigeria 12: Andrew Rigby: Lebanon 13: Anirudha Gupta: India: Democracy and Dissent 14: David Seah: Malaysia: Dilemmas of Integration 15: Richard Bellamy: Dealing with Difference: Four Models of Pluralist PoliticsReviewsAuthor InformationDennis Austin was a Tutor at the University of Ghana in the 1950s, a Research Fellow at the University of London in the 1960s, a Professor of Government of the University of Manchester in the 1970s, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester in the 1980s. He is now Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Development at the University of Manchester. Michael O'Neill has lectured in politics at Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield Hallam and Nottingham Trent Universities between 1972 and the present. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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