The weak fronts of political pluralism. National and cultural minorities in Europe

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" The weak fronts of political pluralism. National and cultural minorities in Europe "
Requejo, Ferrán

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	927111
Doc. No	:	LA11q6r30n
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Requejo, Ferrán
Title & Author	:	The weak fronts of political pluralism. National and cultural minorities in Europe [Article]\ Requejo, Ferrán
Title of Periodical	:	Territories: A Trans-Cultural Journal of Regional Studies
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1
Date	:	2018
Abstract	:	This article deals with the political challenges that European liberal democracies confront in relation to their internal national pluralism. After analysing two analytical distortions of Western political thought –the fallacy of abstraction and the usual shortcomings of this tradition in relation to pluralism- the article presents twelve elements for a political and moral refinement of plurinational liberal democracies. These elements are linked with an analytical and normative collective dimension usually marginalized and which cannot be reduced to the individualist, universalist and stateist approach of traditional democratic liberalism and constitutionalism. Finally, the article deals with the practical solutions offered by comparative politics to try to accommodate nationally pluralist societies according to reviewed liberal-democratic patterns.