Multinational Democracies

Multinational Democracies is the first collaborative multi-perspective critical survey of a new and distinctive type of political association that is coming into prominence in the twenty-first century. These are democratic societies that are not only multicultural but also multinational: that is they comprise two or more nations. Nineteen leading comparative political scientists and political theorists from Europe and North America clarify the complex character and tensions of multinational democracies by reflecting on four exemplars--the United Kingdom Spain Belgium and Canada. The work offers a new approach to the study understanding and governing of multinational societies and in so doing of culturally diverse societies more generally. This volume will be of interest to those concerned with diverse societies nationalism struggles for recognition federalism and democratic constitutionalism in conditions of pluralism.