This collection argues that although constitutionalism has traditionally been the primary mechanism for facilitating the mutual accommodation of sub-state and state national societies in plurinational states.

PART I: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE ACCOMMODATION OF NATIONAL DIVERSITY 1. Varieties of Territorial Pluralism: Prospects for the Constitutional and Political Accommodation of Puerto Rico in the USA; Jaime Lluch 2. (Mis)recognition in Catalunya and Quebec: The Politics of Judicial Containment; Elisenda Casanas Adams and François Rocher 3. The Limits of Constitutionalism: Politics, Economics, and Secessionism in Catalonia (2006-2013); Hector Lopez Bofill PART II: THE MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF THE POLITICS OF ACCOMMODATION IN MULTINATIONAL POLITIES 4. The Accommodation of Island Autonomies in Multinational States; Eve Hepburn 5. From Autonomism to Independentism: the Growth of Secessionism in Catalonia (2010-2013); Jordi Argelaguet 6. The Multilevel Politics of Accommodation and the Non-Constitutional Moment: Lessons from Corsica; André Fazi PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE PRACTICE OF AUTONOMISM, FEDERALISM, AND DEVOLUTION 7. Flexible Accommodation: Another Case of British Exceptionalism?; Stephen Tierney 8. Italy: Autonomism, Decentralization, Federalism, or What Else?; Francesco Palermo 9. Autonomous Areas as a Constitutional Feature in China and Finland; Markku Suksi