Federalism, Democracy and National Diversity in Twenty-First Century China: Reinterpreting Hong Kong’s Autonomy, Subverting its Democracy

Abstract

'Minority' Status and Semi-Federal Structures Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Puzzles of Multinational Federalism -- Introduction -- Context and Background -- Chapter Overview -- References -- Part I: Multinational Federations at Risk and in Retreat -- Chapter 2: Diverse Democracies and the Practice of Federalism -- Introduction -- Theoretical Foundations -- Building Federalism and Federation: Interwar Czechoslovakia -- Federalism Before and Following Federation: Canada -- Federation Without Federalism? Spain Federalism Without Federation: UK -- Reprise: The Practices of Federalism and Its Discontents -- References -- Chapter 3: When Have Dyadic Federations Succeeded and When Have They Failed? A Comparative Analysis of Bipolar Federalism Around the World -- Introduction -- Studying the Successes and Failures of Dyadic Federations -- Establishing the Universe of Cases -- Defining the 'Success' and 'Failure' of a Dyadic Federal Project -- Identifying the Factors Under Analysis -- Territorial Concentration -- Electoral Proportionality -- Nationalisation of the Party System -- Executive Inclusiveness Equally Distributed Economic Resources -- Long Duration of the Dyadic Union -- Mapping and Explaining Cross-Case Diversity: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- Operationalisation of the Conditions and Data Collection -- Rationale of the Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- When Dyadic Federations Have Succeeded and When They Have Failed -- When Have Dyadic Federations Succeeded? -- When Have Dyadic Federations Failed? -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 4: Assessing the Spanish State's Response to Catalan Independence: The Application of Federal Coercion Introduction -- Historical Context -- What Is Federal Coercion? -- How Has Article 155 Been Applied? -- The Procedure -- The Request to the Catalan President -- The Agreement of the Council of Ministers -- The Agreement of the Senate -- The Content: Measures Adopted under the Aegis of Article 155 -- The Catalan Government -- The Catalan Parliament -- Spanish Political Culture and Constitutionalism -- References -- Part II: The Stalled Emergence of Multinational Federalism Chapter 5: Origins and Consequences of American Multicultural Federalism: Constitutional Patriotism, Territorial Neutrality, and National Polarization -- Introduction -- One People, One Nation -- Territorial Neutrality and Democracy -- A Multicultural Federation -- Citizenship -- Language -- Religion -- Family Law and Education -- Protecting the South's Peculiar Institution -- Centralization and Polarization -- Concluding Observations -- References -- Chapter 6: 'Nested Newness' and the Quality of Self-Government: The Case of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region -- Introduction