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Segregation in Language Education
This book sets out to try to understand why segregated schooling still exists, especially in northern Italy in South Tyrol where they practice ‘separate but equal’ education. Supported by the UN, the Austrian and Italian governments, the province is considered a ‘peace model’ due to its consociational approach to dealing with the region’s Nazi and Fascist past, which has led to a ‘negative peace’. The autonomy statutes, which derived from this ‘peace’, resulted in an education system that is linguistically segregated for the purposes of protecting South Tyrol’s ethnolinguistic minorities. Broken into two parts, the book begins with the background history of the province, before describing the region’s geographical layout, demographics, local identity, and its three-part schooling system. By examining responses to South Tyrol’s education system, and its impact on local group dynamics, this book explores the implications that segregated schooling may have on second language acquisition. This case study will be of interest to students and scholars of Italian studies, anthropology, linguistic ethnography, sociolinguistics, and second language education.
Federalism as Decision-Making
Accounting for participation, separation of powers and democratic accountability, federalism gains momentum in times when traditional democratic legitimacy of institutional decision-making is challenged. Its ability to include multiple interests makes federalism a means to ensure good governance. Based on a multidisciplinary analysis, the book tackles the question of whether federalism as a pragmatic governance tool provides answers to current challenges and what those answers are. Thirty-three leading experts critically examine to what extent federalism serves this purpose in compound states, looking at different countries and policies. The volume revolves around five sub-themes: ‘federalism, democracy and governance’, ‘participation mechanisms and procedures’, ‘policy areas compared’, ‘institutional innovation and participatory democracy’ and ‘federalism: from theory to governance’.
Constitutional Asymmetry in Multinational Federalism
This edited volume examines the link between constitutional asymmetry and multinationalism in multi-tiered systems through a comprehensive and rigorous comparative analysis, covering countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Constitutional asymmetry means that the component units of a federation do not have equal relationships with each other and with the federal authority. In traditional federal theories, this is considered an anomaly. The degree of symmetry and asymmetry is seen as an indicator of the degree of harmony or conflict within each system. Therefore symmetrisation processes tend to be encouraged to secure the stability of the political system. However, scholars have linked asymmetry with multinational federalism, presenting federalism and asymmetry as forms of ethnical conflict management. This book offers insights into the different types of constitutional asymmetry, the factors that stimulate symmetrisation and asymmetrisation processes, and the ways in which constitutional asymmetry is linked with multinationalism.
United States and Pakistan in the 21st Century
This book historically maps and examines the evolving, contemporary geostrategic and geopolitical imperatives of the United States within Pakistan and the South Asian region, especially after September 11, 2001. It offers a detailed and theoretical account of the rapidly changing context of US foreign policy towards Pakistan after 2001. The history of the US-Pakistan relationship has been a complex and inscrutable mix of cooperation and conflict has turned even more challenging after 9/11. This book covers the latest developments and relevant themes from world politics as it discusses the impact of the unprecedented rise in religious extremism in Pakistan, stemming from the US War on Terror ...
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Politika 14
Im Mittelpunkt von Politika 14 steht die Analyse der Landtagswahlen im Oktober und der Parlamentswahlen im Februar 2013. Die Landtagswahlen in Südtirol (Hermann Atz/Günther Pallaver) werden mit jenen in Tirol (Ferdinand Karlhofer), Bayern (Claudius Wagemann) und im Trentino (Marco Brunazzo) verglichen. Weitere Themenfelder betreffen die Vorwahlen, den Einsatz der Medien im Wahlkampf (Plakate, Printmedien, Neue Medien) sowie eine Milieustudie. Es folgen Abhandlungen zur politischen Bildung, zu politischen Persönlichkeiten und Rezensionen.
OSZE-Jahrbuch 2017
In der 23. Ausgabe des OSZE-Jahrbuchs wirft der OSZE-Sonderbeauftragte der Bunderegierung, Gernot Erler, einen persönlichen Rückblick auf den deutschen OSZE-Vorsitz des Jahres 2016. Der langjährige Generalsekretär der OSZE, Lamberto Zannier, blickt auf eine erfolgreiche Amtszeit zurück, in der er zahlreiche innovative Ideen in die Tat umsetzen konnte, und Astrid Thors gibt persönliche Einblicke in ihre Arbeit als Hohe Kommissarin der OSZE für nationale Minderheiten in den Jahren 2013 bis 2016. Seit 2014 beherrscht die Ukrainekrise die kontroversen Debatten um die europäische Sicherheit in der OSZE und in Europa. Ein Bericht über die Arbeit der Sonderbeobachtermission der OSZE in der...
