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The principle of equality in diverse states : reconciling autonomy with equal rights and opportunities /

"Implementing the principle of equality is particularly challenging in federal or decentralised states. Autonomy rights guaranteed to regions or to minorities allow for diversity but question the equality of citizens. While diversity is crucial for legitimate governance in heterogeneous states,...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Belser, Eva Maria, 1970- (Editor), Bächler, Thea (Editor), Egli, Sandra (Editor), Zünd, Lawrence (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2021]
Series:Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; v. 13.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Implementing the principle of equality is particularly challenging in federal or decentralised states. Autonomy rights guaranteed to regions or to minorities allow for diversity but question the equality of citizens. While diversity is crucial for legitimate governance in heterogeneous states, it jeopardises equal rights and opportunities. In states based on power-sharing the conceptualisation and implementation of equality therefore raises fundamental questions. How much equality between regional regimes or the rights and freedoms of individuals does the unity of a state require? And how much inequality must be tolerated? This book examines different approaches by which states characterised by federal or decentralised arrangements reconcile equality and autonomy. In case studies from five continents, leading experts analyse the challenges of ensuring institutional, social and economic equality whilst respecting the competences of regions and the rights of groups"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 438 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004394612
9004394613
ISSN:2213-2570 ;