Forms and Limits of Accommodation in the Case of Catalonia: What Difference Can Shared Rule Make?
In: Ethnopolitics, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 270-291
ISSN: 1744-9065
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In: Ethnopolitics, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 270-291
ISSN: 1744-9065
In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Band 49, Heft 1, S. 180-198
ISSN: 1465-3923
AbstractThis article explains a normative political theory of asymmetrical federalism as it relates to the accommodation of national minorities within multinational states, using Cyprus as a case study. Many normative prescriptions emerging from traditional liberal and federal political theories and models rest on monist assumptions; therefore, there is a need to highlight the cultural and national limits of those theories and models in order to attain a democratic system in Cyprus that respects and promotes its bicommunal structure. It is suggested that multinational federalism in Cyprus necessitates constitutional asymmetry, which is likely to provide a basis for political accommodation. The article also demonstrates the necessity of multinational federalism to accommodate common and distinct identities by promoting a fuller understanding of the concept of "federal togetherness" and "federal separateness." Such an understanding would better enable asymmetrical federalism to properly and feasibly adjust and regulate federal institutions in Cyprus.
In: Regional & federal studies, S. 1-21
ISSN: 1743-9434