Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy

Ephraim Nimni is Reader in Nationalism and Conflict Resolution in the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast and Ikerbasque Visiting Professor at the University of the Basque Country. He has published widely on national cultural autonomy, post-Zionism and minority rights, including National Cultural Autonomy and its Contemporary Critics (2005). Alexander Osipov started his scholarly career in Russia, specializing in history, law and anthropology. Currently he is Senior Research Associate at the European Centre for Minority Issues (Flensburg, Germany) where he heads the cluster ‘Justice and Governance’. His publications include National Cultural Autonomy: Ideas, Decisions, Institutions (2004). David J. Smith is Professor of Baltic History and Politics at the University of Glasgow, Docent in the History of Nationalism and Ethnicity at Turku University and Researcher at the Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies. His numerous publications on NTA include Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State (2012, with John Hiden).

• Contents: Rt Hon. Charles Clarke: Preface: Using the Ideas of ‘Non-Territorial Autonomy’ to Avoid Violent Conflict and Meet the Modern Challenges of Nationalism – Ephraim Nimni: The Conceptual Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy – Piet Goemans: National Cultural Autonomy: Otto Bauer’s Challenge to Liberal Nationalism – Yoav Peled: Challenging Zionism through Non-Territorial Autonomy: From Vilna to Nazareth – John Coakley: Non-Territorial Autonomy: A Non-Option for Northern Ireland? – Cengiz Gunes: Accommodating Kurdish National Demands in Turkey – Martyn Housden: The European Congress of Nationalities: A Transnational NGO Providing a Model for Today and Tomorrow? – Marina Germane: Paul Schiemann, Max Laserson and Cultural Autonomy: A Case Study from Interwar Latvia – David J. Smith: Challenges of Non-Territorial Autonomy in Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe – Alexander Osipov: Non-Territorial Autonomy as a Way to Frame Diversity Policies: The Case of Russia – Vadim Poleshchuk: Changes in the Concept of National Cultural Autonomy in Estonia – Balázs Dobos: The Role of Elections in Minority Contexts: The Hungarian Case – Katinka Beretka: National Councils of National Minorities in Serbia: Pros and Contras of an Ethnic Self-Governance – Julija Sardelić: The Roma Community Act in the Republic of Slovenia: Legal Implementation of Romani Non-Territorial Autonomy? – Marina Andeva: Challenging National Cultural Autonomy in the Republic of Macedonia – Stéphanie Chouinard: Is There a Right to Non-Territorial Autonomy in Canada? The Case of Institutional Completeness and Minority Language Rights.