Diversity and (A)Symmetry
Subtitle: The Politics of Minority Special Status Regions
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 4, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781403970626
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Geopolitics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Corsica; Hong Kong; Spain; Tibet; International Relations - General; Political Science / International Relations; 1951-; 1997-; Corsica (France); Hong Kong (China); Politics and government; Tibet (China)
Description: Minority special status arrangements figure prominently in efforts to articulate universality with territorialized difference in many parts of the world. Yet much of what has been written about this important modality of the asymmetrical state has focused exclusively on the liberal democratic West. This book extends the analysis. It offers a structured-focused comparison of the experience of the People's Republic of China, France, and Spainches Case studies on central Tibet, Hong Kong, Corsica, and Catalonia are used to identify the conditions that affect the degree to which special status arrangements enhance stability while improving the citizenship of both minority territorial communities and their more vulnerable residents.