| ID | 095092 |
| Title Proper | Revealing the dark side of traditional democracies in plurinational societies |
| Other Title Information | the case of Catalonia and the Spanish 'Estado de las Autonomías' |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Requejo, Ferran |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article, I will deal with some elements related to the analysis of theories of democracies and federalism in plurinational contexts. The paper highlights some flaws and shortcomings of traditional liberal democracies in these contexts and the challenge of establishing effective practices of a politics of recognition and constitutional accommodation of internal national pluralism (Section 1). Secondly, the paper analyses the case of Catalonia after the recent reform of its Statute of Autonomy (Constitutional Law) in 2006 and its relationship with the development of the Spanish Estado de las Autonomías. The Catalan case reveals some practical flaws and important difficulties in the political recognition and accommodation of internal national pluralism according to traditional decentralising patterns (Section 2). Finally, the article makes a number of concluding remarks relating the previously highlighted elements of the theory of democracy and federalism to the analysis of the Catalan case |
| `In' analytical Note | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 16, No. 1; Jan 2010: p148-168 |
| Journal Source | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 16, No. 1; Jan 2010: p148-168 |
| Key Words | Catalonia ; Plurinational Democracies Federalism ; Political Accommodation ; Political Recognition ; Spanish 'Estado de las Autonomías' |