Regional demarcation, territorial alteration, and accommodation of divided societies

• Autores: Matteo Nicolini
• Localización: Revista de Derecho Político, ISSN 0211-979X, Nº 94, 2015, págs. 53-84
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5944/rdp.94.2015.15737
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  • español

    El artículo examina los medios mediante que se consigue la cohabitación de comunidades altamente diferenciadas por lengua, confesión religiosa, cultura en sistema federales. La cohabitación � que se realiza, entre otras formas, a través de entes territoriales � corresponde al concepto de geografía jurídica (legal geography), verdadero principio de organización de estados federales multi- o bi-nacionales. Pues, el artículo explora los conceptos de mayor transcendencia y que se encuentran conectados al de geografía jurídica: la delimitación de las circunscripciones territoriales de los entes sub-estatales (regional demarcation) y los mecanismos para su modificación (territorial alteration). La comparación en ámbito jurídicos revalida la idea de que el gobierno y la gestión de sociedades altamente diferenciadas pueda ser conseguido con ambos instrumentos (territorial demarcation y alteration). Sin embargo, la delimitación del territorio sub-estatal fundamentada bajo la adopción de criterios étnicos se encuentra afectada por parte de elementos y factores económicos, que reducen cada día más el relieve de aquellos étnicos, lingüísticos y religiosos. La encrucijada de varios criterios y factores � sean los tradicionales, sean los de índole socio-económica � representa el desafío de las ethnic-construed territorial identity, y implica una renovada valoración y evaluación de los mismo criterios que rigen las formas de demarcación territorial.

  • English

    This article examines the accommodation of divided societies through constituent units, and concentrates on �legal geography� as a principle of organization in multi- or bi-ethnic federal states. It then considers the key concepts related thereto: regional demarcation and territorial alteration. Comparative legal studies show that divided societies can be governed through territorial demarcation and alteration. However, ethnic-based demarcation is currently under strain. Indeed, economic factors reduce the relevance of ethnic, linguistic and religious factors. The intersection of traditional and socioeconomic factors represents a challenge to ethnic-construed territorial identity, and implies a reassessment of the criteria presiding over political demarcation.

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