cable ties
the ties that bind accommodating diversity in canada and the european union
modern states and novel multinational polities such as the european union have to contend with greater degrees and more complex forms of diversity . what elements keep complex post national political entities together what are the ties that bind people together in a world where they can not rely on the safety of established national identifications if they ever could this collection of essays by leading political scientists philosophers and legal academics from canada and europe provides a transatlantic dialogue on the ways in which complex states such as canada and non states the eu may broach the modes of difference and diversity that confront them . authors engage in insightful diagnoses of contemporary forms and modes of diversity as well as critical appraisals of a number of normative responses meant to answer these challenges . these responses range from reasonable accommodation and multinationalism to cosmopolitanism . they include the recognition of post national multinational or deterritorialised democracy and constitutional patriotism as well as plural or denationalised citizenship .