Rethinking territorial autonomy

Shane Joshua Barter

Regional Studies, 2018, vol. 52, issue 2, 298-309

Abstract: Rethinking territorial autonomy. Regional Studies. Territorial autonomy represents an important tool to manage tensions involving territorially concentrated ethnic minorities. However, we tend to overlook dynamics within autonomous areas, which tend to centralize power with the local ethnic majority and enable localized nation-building. All autonomous regions feature their own minorities, groups that tend to resist autonomous governments. These phenomena are explored in Aceh, Québec and Scotland, showing different ways that regional majorities engage with their ‘second-order’ minorities. This paper suggests a need to rethink territorial autonomy, considering territorial or non-territorial autonomy for minorities, minority legal rights or localized multiculturalism.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2017.1366651

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