Visions of Sovereignty : Nationalism and Accommodation in Multinational Democracies.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- PART I: THE PARADOX OF THE INTERNAL DIFFERENTIATION IN NATIONAL MOVEMENTS -- Introduction. Secessionism and Non-Secessionism in Substate National Movements -- Chapter 1. Accounting for the Internal Variation in Substate National Movements -- Within-Case Variation in National Movements -- National Movements and National Parties -- Varieties of Nationalism and Existing Theories of Secessionism -- Accounting for the Internal Variation in National Movements -- Explaining Within-Case Temporal Variation -- The Time Frame for the Book -- Evidence -- A Road Map: The Chapters Ahead -- PART II: THE ORIGINS, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVOLUTION OF NATIONAL MOVEMENTS -- Chapter 2. Evolution Within the Catalan National Movement Between 1976 and 2010: The Rise of Independentist Nationalism -- Evolution Within National Movements -- The Origins and Development of the National Movement in Catalonia -- The Rise of Independentist Nationalism in Catalonia (1976-2010) -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Evolution Within the Québécois National Movement Between 1976 and 2010: The Rise of Autonomist Nationalism -- The Origins and Development of the National Movement in Quebec -- The Rise of Autonomist Nationalism in Quebec (1976-2010) -- Conclusion: How Nationalism Evolves -- PART III: SHADES OF NATIONHOOD: NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUBSTATE NATIONAL MOVEMENTS -- Chapter 4. Shades of Nationhood and the National Consciousness of Substate Nationalists -- National Consciousness, Nationalists, and Nationalism -- Who Is a Substate Nationalist? -- Are Independentists Nationalists? -- Are Autonomists Nationalists? -- Are Federalists Nationalists? -- Conclusion: The Inadequacy of the National Consciousness Thesis -- Chapter 5. Elites, Militants, and Ideology: National Parties and National Consciousness.

The National Question and National Political Parties -- Independentist National Parties and Their Discourse on National Identity -- Autonomist National Parties and Their Discourse on National Identity -- Federalist National Parties and Their Discourse on National Identity -- Conclusion -- PART IV: VISIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: VARIETIES OF SUBSTATE NATIONALIST IDEOLOGIES -- Chapter 6. Sovereignty and Procedure: The Ideology of Independentist Substate Nationalism -- Independentism -- Independentist Political Parties and Their Visions of Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Independentism and Its Vision of Sovereignty -- Chapter 7. Fragments of Sovereignty: The Ideology of Autonomist Substate Nationalism -- Autonomism -- Actually Existing Autonomies in the Contemporary World -- Federalist and Nonfederalist Elements in Contemporary Autonomies -- Autonomism and Asymmetric Federalism -- Autonomism and Federalism in Consociational Theory -- Autonomists and the Ideology of Autonomist Nationalism -- Autonomism as an Ideology of Territorial Order -- Autonomist National Parties and Their Visions of Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Autonomism and Its Vision of Sovereignty -- Chapter 8. Shared Sovereignty: The Ideology of Federalist Substate Nationalism -- Federalism and Substate Federalists -- Actually Existing Federations and Asymmetric Federalism -- Federalist National Parties and Their Visions of Sovereignty -- Conclusion: Substate Federalism and Its Vision of Sovereignty -- PART V: MULTINATIONAL DEMOCRACIES AND THE MORAL POLITY OF THE SUBSTATE NATIONALIST -- Chapter 9. The Discourse and Attitudes of Substate Nationalists -- Portrait of the Discourse of Independentist Nationalists: Why Opt for Separatism? -- Portrait of the Discourse of Autonomist Nationalists: Why Reject Independence? -- Portrait of the Discourse of Federalist Nationalists: Why Reject Independence?.

Conclusion: The Contemporary Tripartite Structure in Substate National Movements -- Chapter 10. The Moral Polity of the Stateless Nationalist -- Substate Nationalist Militants, the Central State, and Majority Nation Nationalism -- Conclusion: The Moral Polity of the Stateless Nationalist -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Substate Nationalism and Its Accommodation in Multinational Democracies -- Shades of Nationhood -- Accommodation and the Moral Polity of the Substate Nationalist -- The Moral Polity and Reciprocity -- Visions of Sovereignty and Territorial Pluralism in Multinational Democracies -- Appendix: Field Research Methodology -- Personal Interviews with Leaders and Focus Group Interviews with Militants -- Total Number of Answered Questionnaires Received -- Congresses and Assemblies Attended -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Visions of Sovereignty provides a deep analysis of political activity within the Québécois and Catalonian national movements from a comparative perspective. This interdisciplinary study examines why some nationalists take a secessionist stance while others within the same movement chose nonsecessionist approaches toward greater self-rule.

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