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

This book examines different approaches by which states characterised by federal or decentralized arrangements reconcile equality and autonomy. In case studies from four continents, leading experts analyse the challenges of ensuring institutional, social and economic equality whilst respecting the c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Belser, Eva Maria (Editor), Belser, Eva Maria, 1970- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill 2021
[2021]
Colección:Studies in territorial and cultural diversity governance ; Volume 13.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009626651006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Suum Cuique Tribuere - a common narrative of federalism and equality? / Anna Gamper
  • Constitutional asymmetry and equality in multinational systems with federal arrangements / Maja Sahadžić
  • Why the affection of federalism for human rights is unrequited and how the relationship could be improved / Eva Maria Belser
  • Italy : the principle of solidarity as a principle of equality / Erika Arban
  • Does regional autonomy improve local public services in more diverse regions? / Andrea Filippetti
  • Assuring equality, autonomy and territorial integrity in Sri Lanka / Jayampathy Wickramaratne
  • Equality and advantage in emerging federations and the dilemma of non-renewable natural resources the cases of the Solomon Islands and Trinidad and Tobago / Nico Steytler
  • Equality, development equivalence and federal finance in Argentina / Miguel Angel Asensio
  • The Swiss tax system - between equality and diversity / Peter Hänni
  • Principle of equality and social care policies in the Italian regional system between autonomy and centralisation / Giulia Maria Napolitano and Gabriella Saputelli
  • Federal states and equality in political representation federalism superseding democracy? / Sérgio Ferrari
  • Equality and inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Soeren Keil
  • Federal equality in multinational Bosnia and Herzegovina / Dejan Vanjek
  • In the name of diversity the disenfranchisement of citizens in an African Federation / Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha
  • Concluding remarks / Eva Maria Belser.