Table of Contents

Foreword by James Tully

Introduction: National Cultures, Democracy, and Legitimacy

1. Linguistic Diversity, Language Policy, and the Limits of Federal Accommodation

2. New Challenges for Multinational States: Globalization and Competing Citizenship Regimes

3. The Pillars of Quebec’s New Citizenship Regime: The Informal Constitution and Interculturalism

4. From Containment to Empowerment: Moving towards Positive Autonomy

5. Towards Multinational Federalism: Moving beyond the Integration-Accommodation Dyad

6. Rethinking Intercommunal Relations in Canada

Conclusion: Embracing a New Politics of Dignity and Hospitality

Appendix: The Dignity of Catalonia

Promotional Information

"Bold and direct, Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty succinctly draws together normative theory and comparative politics as very few have done in this area." -- Peter Graefe, Department of Political Science, McMaster University "This is a clear and courageous work that sheds light not only on the conflicts in progress in Scotland, Quebec, and Catalonia, but also on the general debate regarding supranational institutions' legitimacy in a diverse and globalized world." -- Daniel Innerarity, Ikerbasque Chair in Social and Political Philosophy, University of the Basque Country "Drawing on his deep, unparalleled comparative knowledge of complex federal regimes, Gagnon combines the resources of political theory and comparative political sociology to define the conditions in which minority nations can flourish." -- Guy Laforest, Department of Political Science, Universite Laval "The main objective of this important and timely study is to suggest new paths by which members of minority nations may work towards emancipating and empowering themselves within the federations in which they coexist with other nations and partners of various kinds." -- From the Foreword by James Tully

About the Author

Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Universite du Quebec Montreal.

Reviews

"Bold and direct, Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty succinctly draws together normative theory and comparative politics as very few have done in this area."--Peter Graefe, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
"This is a clear and courageous work that sheds light not only on the conflicts in progress in Scotland, Quebec, and Catalonia, but also on the general debate regarding supranational institutions' legitimacy in a diverse and globalized world."--Daniel Innerarity, Ikerbasque Chair in Social and Political Philosophy, University of the Basque Country
"Drawing on his deep, unparalleled comparative knowledge of complex federal regimes, Gagnon combines the resources of political theory and comparative political sociology to define the conditions in which minority nations can flourish."--Guy Laforest, Department of Political Science, Université Laval
"The main objective of this important and timely study is to suggest new paths by which members of minority nations may work towards emancipating and empowering themselves within the federations in which they coexist with other nations and partners of various kinds."--From the Foreword by James Tully