{"product_id":"9781442621268","title":"Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty: New Paths to National Emancipation and Empowerment","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the world’s leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In \u003cem\u003eMinority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority nations have begun to empower themselves in a global environment that is increasingly hostile to national minorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing conditions in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland, Gagnon offers six interrelated essays on national minorities, processes of accommodation, and autonomy and self-determination within a modern democratic context. Based on a long career of scholarly study and public engagement, he argues that self-determination for these “nations without states” is best achieved through intercultural engagement and negotiation within the federal system, rather than through independence movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready translated into fifteen languages from the original French, \u003cem\u003eMinority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential text on the theory of multinational federalism and the politics of minority nations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142903906544,"sku":"9781442621268","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442621268_p0.jpg?v=1763805385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442621268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}