This paper explores political and constitutional factors explain the differences between processes of self-determination in the Scottish and Catalan cases

The Scottish and Catalan cases

What political and constitutional factors explain the differences between processes of self-determination in the Scottish (UK) and Catalan (Spain) cases? You should: – The essay should be unbiased and not side with a specific argument or author – Strictly focus on the political and constitutional factors of self-determination only. And be clear with the factors in the introduction. – Don’t forget to discuss National Self Determination before comparing the cases – I want the essay to be comparative; and show how comparison of the cases reveals the importance of constitutional forms and institutional (including party-system type)affect the stability of multi-national states. – Harvard style citation.

The Scottish and Catalan cases

No footnotes please; in text citation only – Please use the resources mentioned below only; try to use all of them if not ATLEAST 9 SOURCES (I will upload them aswell): – Falk, Richard, ‘Self-Determination Under International Law: The Coherence of Doctrine Versus the Incoherence of Experience’ in Wolfgang Danspeckgruber (ed.) The Self-Determination of Peoples (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2002). – Taras, Raymond C. and Ganguly, Rajat, ‘Ethnic Conflict and International Norms’, Ch.2 in their Understanding Ethnic Conflict pdf below – Erk, J. and Anderson, L. (2009),

The Scottish and Catalan cases

The Paradox of Federalism: Does Self-Rule Accommodate or Exacerbate Ethnic Divisions? Regional and Federal Studies, Vol.19, No.2, pp.191–202. – Anderson, L., (2016), ‘Ethnofederalism and the Management of Ethnic Conflict: Assessing the Alternatives’, Publius, 46 (1): 1-24. Link below – McGarry, John and O’Leary, Brendan, ‘Federation as a Method of Ethnic Conflict Regulation’, in Noel, Sid (ed.), From Power Sharing to Democracy (London: McGill/Queen’s University Press, 2005). – Keating, Michael, ‘What do the Nations Want?

The Scottish and Catalan cases

Nationalist Aspirations and Transnational Integration’ in Keating, Michael, Plurinational Democracy: Stateless nations in a Post-Sovereignty Era (Oxford: OUP, 2001), ch. 3. – Nicola Mc Ewen, Nicola, Nationalism and the State: Welfare and Identity in Scotland and Quebec (Peter Lamng, Brussels, 2006) ch.4 – Durr, G. (2015) ‘The European Economic Crisis and Rising Secessionism: New Demands on the European Social Model in Scotland, Flanders, and Catalonia’ in S. Romano and G. Punziano (eds.) The European Social Model Adrift: Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis, 1st Ed. (London: Routledge).

The Scottish and Catalan cases

– Greer, Scott,(2007) Nationalism and Self-Government: The Politics of Autonomy in Scotland and Catalonia (State University of New York UP) E-book – Brendan O’Leary ‘Introduction’ and ‘Conclusion’ in Power-Sharing in Deeply Divided Places (University of Pennsylvania, 2013. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gmul-ebooks/reader.action?docID=3442148&ppg=1 – Cinalli, Manlio, ‘Below and Beyond Power Sharing: Relational Structures across Institutions and Civil Society’, in O’Flynn, I. and Russell, D., (eds), Power Sharing: New Challenges for Divided Societies (London: Pluto, 2005).

The Scottish and Catalan cases

Ghai, Yash, ‘Ethnicity and Autonomy: A Framework for Analysis’, in Ghai, Yash (ed.), Autonomy and Ethnicity: Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-ethnic states (Cambridge: CUP, 2001) ch. 1. – Keating, Michael, ‘Plurinational Democracy’, ch. 6 in Plurinational Democracy: Stateless nations in a post-Sovereignty Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). https://youtu.be/rC3NxMx76z0

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