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oapen-20.500.12657-602672024-03-27T14:14:55Z Defensive Federalism Requejo, Ferran Sanjaume-Calvet, Marc Consociational, Constitutional, Decision-Making, Defensive, Democracy, Diversity, Federal, Federalism, Government, Institution, Nation, National, Pluralism, Political Asymmetries, Power-Sharing, Procedure, Region, Self-Govern, Self-Rule, Territorial Minorities, Tyranny of the Majority thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government Defensive Federalism presents an original contribution to the field of federalism and multinational democracies, exploring the concept of defensive federalism as a protection of self-government against the “tyranny of the majority”. The empirical evidence on federal and regional polities often shows critical imbalances in the territorial division of powers beyond what has been formally established in the constitutional rules. This volume highlights the rights, institutions, decision-making processes, and procedural rules that can protect and develop the practical political, economic, and cultural powers of federated and regional entities, especially those linked to territorial national minorities. The authors focus on federalism as a safeguard of self-rule, as well as a set of institutional and procedural rules to avoid the territorial dimension of the “tyranny of the majority”. They answer two fundamental questions: How is it possible to design new stable and fairer federal agreements between national minorities and majorities where there is no single ideal solution? Is there a need for a new kind of “defensive federal model” for approaching national pluralism in liberal democracies? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of federalism, national diversity, and democracy, as well as policymakers and practitioners in both public and private institutions. 2022-12-16T10:57:03Z 2022-12-16T10:57:03Z 2023 book 9781032281964 9781032282770 9781003296065 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60267 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003296065 10.4324/9781003296065 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb fea75b27-977a-41d3-aaab-1640a9e6a84c 9781032281964 9781032282770 9781003296065 Routledge open access
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Defensive Federalism presents an original contribution to the field of federalism and multinational democracies, exploring the concept of defensive federalism as a protection of self-government against the “tyranny of the majority”. The empirical evidence on federal and regional polities often shows critical imbalances in the territorial division of powers beyond what has been formally established in the constitutional rules. This volume highlights the rights, institutions, decision-making processes, and procedural rules that can protect and develop the practical political, economic, and cultural powers of federated and regional entities, especially those linked to territorial national minorities. The authors focus on federalism as a safeguard of self-rule, as well as a set of institutional and procedural rules to avoid the territorial dimension of the “tyranny of the majority”. They answer two fundamental questions: How is it possible to design new stable and fairer federal agreements between national minorities and majorities where there is no single ideal solution? Is there a need for a new kind of “defensive federal model” for approaching national pluralism in liberal democracies? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of federalism, national diversity, and democracy, as well as policymakers and practitioners in both public and private institutions.
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