Bulletin n. 1-2/2014 | ||
November 2014 | ||
Burgess Michael |
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Small Worlds: The Character, Role and Significance of Constituent Units in Federations and Federal Political Systems | ||
in Europe en formation (L') , n. 369, 2013/3 , 2013 , 7-7 | ||
n this article I map out the broad contours of key factors and variables involved in the comparative survey of constituent units as ‘small worlds’ in federal states and political systems. This includes the character, role and overall significance of these constituent units as territorial building blocks of the state which in turn determines the function each one plays in the body politic. This short sketch highlights the way that these factors and variables are closely intertwined to reveal complex subnational political cultures usually rooted in written constitutions and legal systems that utilise asymmetrical procedures and devices successfully to accommodate the politics of difference which it is the principal purpose of these small worlds to protect, promote and preserve. | ||