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- Title
REGIONAL DEMARCATION, TERRITORIAL ALTERATION, AND ACCOMMODATION OF DIVIDED SOCIETIES.
- Authors
NICOLINI, MATTEO
- Abstract
This article examines the accommodation of divided societies through constituent units, and concentrates on "legal geography" as a principle of organization in multi- or bi-ethnic federal states. It then considers the key concepts related thereto: regional demarcation and territorial alteration. Comparative legal studies show that divided societies can be governed through territorial demarcation and alteration. However, ethnic-based demarcation is currently under strain. Indeed, economic factors reduce the relevance of ethnic, linguistic and religious factors. The intersection of traditional and socioeconomic factors represents a challenge to ethnic-construed territorial identity, and implies a reassessment of the criteria presiding over political demarcation.
- Subjects
ASYMMETRICAL federalism; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; ADMINISTRATIVE &; political divisions
- Publication
Revista de Derecho Politico, 2015, Issue 94, p53
- ISSN
0211-979X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5944/rdp.94.2015.15737