Author (Person) | Fossum, John Erik |
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Publisher | ARENA, Centre for European Studies |
Series Title | RECON Online Working Paper |
Series Details | No. 4, July 2007 |
Publication Date | July 2007 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the question of allegiance in complex multinational and poly-ethnic entities, with specific focus on the EU and Canada. Constitutional patriotism is a mode of attachment that is conducive to respect for and accommodation of difference and plurality. How thick does this form of allegiance need to be to work in highly diverse societies? I consider what might be understood as the minimum requirements for this form of allegiance to serve the necessary integrative needs for a community, and how accommodating of difference and diversity that constitutional patriotism may be understood to be. Note that this latter point is not only about the scope for voicing dissent; it is also about the prospects for exit (understood in a communal and/or territorial sense). Some claims for difference are simply very difficult to accommodate within a common framework. With exit being an available option, the conditions for fostering loyalty and effecting voice change. |
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Source Link | http://www.reconproject.eu/main.php/RECON_wp_0704.pdf?fileitem=5456960 |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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