Abstract Institutions of autonomy3 in ethnically heterogeneous states have been conceived as a compromise between a desire to safeguard state unity and to partially accommodate the grievances of ethno-linguistic minorities. However, in practice, the institutions of autonomy often turn into a nucleus of a proto state of the ethno-linguistic minority. Instead of resolving the minority issue and stabilising the central state, they strengthen the local nationalism and secessionism, acting as centrifugal forces, or “subversive institutions”. Recently these processes have been noticed in several ethnically heterogeneous, developed Western democracies. The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether, and how, the institutions of autonomy influence the rise of peripheral nationalism and secessionism.

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自治机构可以成为潜在的“颠覆性机构”吗？

摘要种族异质状态下的自治制度3被认为是在维护国家统一和部分满足民族语言少数群体的不满之间的折衷。但是，在实践中，自治机构通常会成为民族语言少数派原始状态的核心。他们没有解决少数群体问题并稳定中央政府，反而加强了地方民族主义和分裂主义，充当离心力量或“颠覆性机构”。最近，在一些种族异质，发达的西方民主国家中注意到了这些过程。本文的目的是分析自治制度是否以及如何影响外围民族主义和分裂主义的兴起。