John Coakley - Non-Territorial Autonomy in Divided Societies: Comparative Perspectives

Non-territorial autonomy is an unusual method of government based on the notion of the devolution of power to entities within the state which exercise jurisdiction over a population defined by personal features (such as opting for a particular ethnic nationality) rather than by geographical location (such as the region in which they live). Developed theoretically by Karl Renner in the early twentieth century as a mechanism for responding to demands for self-government from dispersed minorities within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it had earlier roots in the Ottoman Empire, and later formed the basis for constitutional experiments in Estonia, in Belgium, and in states with sizeable but dispersed minorities. More recently, efforts have been made to apply it in respect of indigenous communities. This approach to the management of ethnic conflict has attracted a small literature, but there is no comprehensive overview of its application. The intention of this volume is to fill this gap, for the first time offering a comparative assessment of the significance of this political institutional device. Authors of case studies follow a common framework. This book was published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.

John Coakley is a Professor of Politics at Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin, Ireland.

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The chapters in this book were originally published in Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

John Coakley

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 123

Karen Barkey and George Gavrilis

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 2442

Brries Kuzmany

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 4365

Roni Gechtman

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 6688

David J. Smith

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 89104

Emmanuel Dalle Mulle

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 105124

Torvald Falch, Per Selle and Kristin Strmsnes

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 125143

Richard S. Hill

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp.144165

John Coakley

Ethnopolitics, volume 15, issue 1 (January 2016) pp.166185

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Karen Barkey is the Haas Distinguished Chair of Religious Diversity at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

John Coakley is a Professor of Politics at Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Emmanuel Dalle Mulle is Swiss National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Torvald Falch is a Senior Advisor at Smediggi, Norway.

George Gavrilis is an international affairs consultant and author of