Acknowledgements XI
List of Figures and Tables XII
Notes on Contributors XIII
Introduction XVIII
Part 1
The Evolving Conception of Diversity
1
“!ke e: /xarra //ke”: Old Diversities and New Responses in the Quest for Unity in South Africa 5
Jaap de Visser and Nico Steytler
2
Federalism and the Evolving Conceptions of Unity and Diversity in Ethiopia 27
Assefa Fiseha
3
Empowerment and Exclusion: The story of two African federations 57
Yonatan Tesfaye Fessha
4
Accommodating National Minorities in Federal Switzerland – Old Concepts Meet New Realities 79
Eva Maria Belser
Part 2
Interplay Between Unity and Diversity
5
The Canadian Constitution and the Metaphor of the Living Tree 116
Eugénie Brouillet and Alain-G. Gagnon
6
Interplay of Unity and Diversity in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina In-Between Uniformity and Division 141
Dejan Vanjek
7
Tracy Beck Fenwick
8
Political Unity and Economic Diversity in the Argentine Federation 193
Miguel Angel Asensio
9
Unity and Diversity in Italy (Partially) Asymmetric Regionalism in Light of Contemporary Constitutional Reform 206
Paolo Colasante
Part 3
Federalism as Decision-Making and New Institutional Practices
10
Diversity Accommodation as a Strategy of National Unity: The Case of Canada 233
James Bickerton
11
The Evolution of European Union Citizenship between Unity and Diversity 259
Gabriella Saputelli
Part 4
Constitutional Design and Asymmetrical Federalism
12
Diversity-Induced Centralization in American Federalism with Asymmetrical Accommodations of Territorial Diversity 282
John Kincaid
13
Of Tribes and Territories: Asymmetry in American Federalism 299
G. Alan Tarr
14
How Unity and Diversity Affect Political Asymmetries of Indigenous Groups in Federations: Heterogenous Institutional Practices in Australia, Canada, and the United States 326
Shane Day
15
Rekha Saxena
16
Reconciling Liberal Democracy, Nationalism and Political Divorce 377
Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
17
Hegemonic or Shared Autonomy? Two Approaches and Their Implications for Constitutional Design 399
Karl Kössler
18
The “Ping-Pong”-Power: Deviant State Legislation in Germany 424
Hans-Peter Schneider
19
English or French? Disputes in Switzerland over Federal Competence in Teaching Languages 442
Peter Hänni
Conclusion: Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Reflections 453
Michael Burgess
General Index 481
Index of Names 486