PRINCIPLES ET PROBLEMES DU GOUVERNEMENT ASYMETRIQUE

In: Politique et sociétés, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 93-111

Abstract

IN MULTINATIONAL STATES, THERE ARE OFTEN SPECIFIC DEMANDS FOR AUTONOMY. THESE ARE DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE WITH UNIFORM THEORIES OF THE STATE, YET PROPOSALS FOR ASYMMETRICAL GOVERNMENT AROUSE CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE STATE AND THE EMERGING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TERRITORY AND POWER ARE SUCH THAT ASYMMETRY IS BECOMING A MORE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE MULTINATIONAL STATE. THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST ASYMMETRY ARE ANALYZED.