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The end of WW1 caused the origin of the "South Tyrolean question" represented by the status of the German speaking population since ever living in the territory that had been annexed to the Kingdom of Italy first and then to the Italian Republic. However, the Paris Peace Treaty included the Degasperi-Gruber Agreement that established an international obligation to safeguard the culture of the language minority and to grant them legislative and administrative autonomy. Initially the obligation was not implemented in conformity to the Agreement. A new round of negotiations eventually led to a new fundamental normative setting of the Provinces of Bolzano/South Tyrol and Trentino within a Region with a marginal role (1972). The method of negotiation has proved historically to carry on a positive outcome and in fact it has been introduced and applied also to the purpose of managing some vital contents of the relationship between the provincial and state authorities. The basic source of the autonomy must be approved by a constitutional act adopted by the national Parliament and no participatory role by the two Provinces is constitutionally safeguarded, although such participation has so far always been acknowledged by practice. But practice is an insufficient safeguard in the current political context that is not favorable to any of the Regions with a special autonomy. The paper suggests an amendment to the present rules concerning the amending procedure that should be the priority before facing the substantive reforms that are much needed for ensuring a good governance of the system.

"Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government assesses the current state of the international theory and practice of autonomy in order to pursue the possibility of regional self-government in Tibet. Initiated by a workshop and roundtable with political representatives from different autonomous regions, including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, this book brings together a group of...international scholars to offer a much-needed enquiry into solutions to the Tibetan quest for 'genuine' autonomy. Examining the Chinese framework of regional self-government, along with key international cases of autonomy in Europe, North America and Asia, the contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive context for the consideration of both Tibetan demands and Chinese worries."--

This topical book examines the debates around contemporary conflicts between liberal democracies and increasingly vociferous special interest groups within society. It analyses the way a new sense of difference and the growth of multi-culturalism are straining modern notions of citizenship and rights, looking in particular at how ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe have escalated to international tragedies, while in the US and Canada, race, ethnicity and radical feminism are at the heart of a social conflict which challenges national identity and the unity of the state