Multinational Federalism and Value Pluralism

The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain

“…Related to this last point, there is a difference between decentralisation and devolution (Requejo 2005). The Spanish political system displays a high level of decentralisation whereby all the constituent units enjoy a wide array of powers and competences.…”

Beyond multinational Canada

“…From Spain (Requejo, 2005), to Iraq (O'Leary, 2003), to India (Tillin, 2007), to name but a few cases, the accommodation of national minorities via federation is increasingly seen as a quasi-panacea to resolving national and ethnic conflicts in the world -indeed Kymlicka (2000) has cautiously described it as such. Moreover, given Kymlicka's growing influence 11 -and in light of his efforts to explore his arguments in Eastern Europe (Kymlicka, 2002(Kymlicka, , 2005, Africa (Kymlicka, 2006) and Asia (Kymlicka, 2007) -it is worthwhile and important to return to the formative case of Canada from which he and others derive the multinational federal model.…”

Setting a Research Agenda on the Interaction Between Cultural Demands of Immigrants and Minority Nations

“…These discussions related to "culturalism" or "eullural relativism" is exemplified in the work of Jones (1998, p. 33), who distinguished two perspectives from which cultural diversity might be viewed. The external perspective is when someone looks upon the world of cultures as if he were positioned outside and above that world, and is therefore the distinction between Nation-State and State-Nation see Guibemau (1996) and the most recent work by Requejo (2005), Gagnon, Guibemau and Rocher, (2003).…”

“…Sec, among others, Gagnon. Guibemau, and Rocher ( 2003); Máiz and Requejo (2005), Requejo, (2005); Gagnon and Tully (2001).…”