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Conference Announcement Theme: Recognition and Redistribution in Multinational Federations Type: International Workshop Institution: Research Group on Plurinational Societies (GRSP) Research in Political Philosophy Leuven (RIPPLE), KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) Date: 3.–4.5.2013 __________________________________________________ More than 40 percent of the global population lives in a federal state. Yet the history and contemporary theory of political philosophy are dominated by the idea of a non-federal unitary nation-state. This workshop contributes to the development of federal political theory. The specific purpose of the workshop is to understand two fundamental normative dimensions of federalism in multinational states: recognition and distributive justice. Recognition is typically the main reason for multinational states to opt for a form of federalism. What goal does recognition play in a theory of federalism? Does it justify federalism or is recognition better served by one of federalism’s two essential alternatives: secession of the federated entities and a non-federal overarching state? What does recognition say about the division of competences between the federal and the federated units? What kind of political processes and policies does the norm of recognition require in multinational settings? What role does socio-economic redistribution play in a federal setting? Should the unit of redistribution be the federal or the federated unit, or some combination of both? What are, if any, the obligations of the most well off federated units towards the less well off? Is federal distributive justice in a multinational state different from distributive justice in a non-federal domestic setting? Is it different from global distributive justice? What does distributive justice say about the division of competences between the federal and the federated units? What kind of political processes and policies does distributive justice require in multinational settings? What is the connection between redistribution and recognition in multinational federations? Does recognition trump redistribution, or vice versa, or is federalism best served by a dualist approach? To answer these questions, the workshop mainly brings together scholars working on Canada and Belgium, with a few guests from other multinational states. Confirmed speakers Philippe Van Parijs (UCL) Helder De Schutter (KU Leuven) Geneviève Nootens (UQAC) André Lecours (Ottawa) Jocelyn Maclure (Université Laval) Antoon Vandevelde (KU Leuven) François Boucher (University College, London) Stefan Rummens (KU Leuven) Raf Geenens (KU Leuven) Dimitrios Karmis (Univesité d’Ottawa) Jean-François Grégoire (KU Leuven) Andrew Shorten (Limerick) David Robichaud (Ottawa) Ferran Requejo (Pompeu Fabra) Michael Jewkes (KU Leuven) Marc Sanjaume (Pompeu Fabra) Organization Jocelyn Maclure Helder De Schutter Jean-François Grégoire Michael Jewkes More information: http://hiw.kuleuven.be/eng/events/1213/federalismconference/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
