Download or read book Political Autonomy and Divided Societies written by Alain-G Gagnon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all star cast of academic experts offer an important and timely analysis of the pursuit of autonomy. They argue that it is key to move beyond the primarily normative debate about the rights or wrongs of autonomous regions on the basis of cultural concerns, instead focusing on understanding what makes autonomy function successfully.