Federalism and the Law of Diversity

The Theoretical Contribution of Federalism to the Explanation of Emergent Models for the Accommodation of Diversity

Nicolò P. Alessi, Martina Trettel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2025
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-70775-7 (ISBN)

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The volume offers new and unexplored perspectives on federalism and its relationships with diversity accommodation. It represents the first structured attempt to use federal theory and practice to frame several phenomena of governance in the area of diversity accommodation.

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

The volume offers new and unexplored perspectives on federalism and its relationships with diversity accommodation. It represents the first structured attempt to use federal theory and practice to frame several phenomena of governance in the area of diversity management. Federalism is here tested as a theoretical and practical tool that may contribute to a better understanding of phenomena such as non-territorial autonomy, participatory democracy and legal pluralism.

This volume unveils the theoretical potential of federalism in explaining complex pluralist legal systems: This theoretical function may be the 21st century dimension of federalism.

Nicolò P. Alessi, Ph.D., University of Bern, is a post-doc researcher at that university. He has authored several publications in the areas of regionalism, federalism, minority and indigenous rights, including A Global Law of Diversity: Evolving Models and Concepts (Routledge, 2024). Martina Trettel, Ph.D., Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac research, is a senior researcher at that institute. She is an expert on deliberative and participatory democracy. She has authored several publications on these topics in academic journals as well as in edited books.

Foreword: The Inextricable Link between Federalism and the Law of Diversity

Francesco Palermo

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Nicolò P. Alessi and Martina Trettel

Part 1

Federalism and Non-territorial Autonomy

1 Federalism and Non-territorial Autonomy: Revisiting Two Interrelated Concepts

Karl Kössler

2 Non-territorial Autonomy and the Law of Diversity: Challenging Pre-established Positions in Domestic Law

Tove H. Malloy

3 Innovative Forms of Autonomy and the Role of Federalism: A Comparative and Theoretical Perspective

Nicolò P. Alessi

Part 2

Federalism and Participatory Democrac

4 Federalism and Participatory Democracy: A Manifold Balancing Act

Jared Sonnicksen

5 Rethinking Participatory Democracy through Federalism: Citizen Participation, Power-Sharing and Decision-Making Processes

Martina Trettel

6 Participatory Democracy in Spain’s Autonomous Regions: Some Tools to Strengthen Democratic Development

Enriqueta Expósito

Part 3

Federalism and Legal Pluralism

7 Federalism, Legal Pluralism and the Law of Diversity

Kyriaki Topidi

8 Measurement and Change in Federalism and Legal Pluralism

Michael G. Breen

9 Some Ideas on Diversities, Federalisms, and Pluralisms

Roberto Toniatti

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Territorial and Cultural Diversity Governance ; 23
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
ISBN-10	90-04-70775-1 / 9004707751
ISBN-13	978-90-04-70775-7 / 9789004707757
Zustand	Neuware