Sentences with phrase «territorial federalism»

As far as it is concerned, territorial federalism can certainly ease tensions and calm down temporary crises through concessions from the majority nation to the minority nations (oftentimes temporary), but the logic inherent to the system will sooner or later lead the minority nations (which can not cease to be in a minority under territorial federalism) to ask for full national recognition, either by claiming multinational federalism or by seeking independence.

Fewer obstacles can be found on the way to constitutional reform when it comes to territorial federalism.

Having said that, both federalisms can obviously meet the aspirations of minority nations (territorial federalism can do it in the short term).

Not exact matches

Federalism does not equate to an abolition of sovereignty, but to a sharing of competences between a central government and federated entities — whether the latter are based on a linguistic, cultural or territorial basis.

In fact, two different attitudes from Spanish nationalism should be distinguished in order to understand why a federal reform of the system in Spain appears to be hardly viable (territorial nationalism) or not viable at all (multinational federalism).

On the other hand, he romanticises territorial fissures that Gen. Yakubu Gowon started, as a «process of national integration and cohesion», which nevertheless folks elsewhere would lampoon as military era «unitary federalism», which Gowon started with 12 states but which, at the last count, was 36.

The Urhobo Foundation added that, «to engender a fair territorial redistribution, Nigeria must revert to true federalism of the old federal system as enshrined in the 1960 Constitution where the federating units owned and controlled their resources to drive their developments under their respective constitution.