Federalism and National Diversity in the 21st Century

Alain-G. Gagnon is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, and Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Diversity and Democracy. He has authored more than 500 works in political sociology, federal studies and Canadian politics. His research has been translated into twenty languages.Arjun Tremblay is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, Canada, and author of Diversity in Decline? The Rise of the Political Right and the Fate of Multiculturalism (2019). His research focuses on the near and longer-term prospects of multiculturalism, multinational federalism, and other diversity-oriented projects.

• 1. Introduction: Puzzles of Multinational Federalism (Alain-G. Gagnon, Arjun Tremblay).- Part I: Multinational Federations at Risk and in Retreat.- 2. Diverse Democracies and the Practice of Federalism (James Kennedy).- 3. When Have Dyadic Federations Succeeded and When Have They Failed?  A Comparative Analysis of Bipolar Federalism around the World (Christoph Niessen, Min Reuchamps, Dejan Stjepanović, Augustin Habra).- 4. Assessing the Spanish State’s Response to Catalan Independence: The Application of Federal Coercion (Lucía Payero-López).- Part II: The Stalled Emergence of Multinational Federalism.- 5. Origins and Consequences of American Multicultural Federalism: Constitutional Patriotism, Territorial Neutrality, and National Polarisation (John Kincaid).- 6. ‘Nested Newness’ and the Quality of Self-Government: The Case of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Susan J. Henders).- 7. Federalism, Democracy and National Diversity in 21st Century China: Reinterpreting HongKong’s Autonomy, Subverting its Democracy (Jean-François Dupré).- Part III: Recognizing and Accommodating National and Other Diversities: Success or Failure?.- 8. Internal Migration in Asian Multinational Countries: Attitudes, Challenges and Institutions (Isabelle Côté, Mira Raatikainen).- 9. Immigration Federalism, Multinational States, and Subnational Communities: Comparing Flanders and Quebec (Catherine Xhardez).- 10. Relative Deprivation and Perceived Discrimination among Quebec’s English-Speaking Minority Communities: ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in a Multi-National Context? (Pierre-Olivier Bonin).- 11. Internal Migration, Ethnic Federalism, and Differentiated Citizenship in an African Federation: the Case of Ethiopia (Yonatan T. Fessha and Beza Dessalegn).- 12. Ensuring a Future for Indigenous Languages in Canada: Can ‘Consequentialist’ Multinational Federalism Provide an Answer? (Emmanuelle Richez, Tejas Pandya).- Part IV. Conclusion.- 13. Roadblocks and Roadmaps to Multinational Federalism (Alain-G. Gagnon, Arjun Tremblay).