ABSTRACT
The history of ethnic relations in Western democracies contains many examples of injustice, oppression, coercion, discrimination and prejudice. Yet over the past thirty years, Western democracies have developed a number of interesting effective models for accommodating ethno-cultural diversity. One of these models involves the use of federal or quasi-federal forms of territorial autonomy to facilitate selfgovernment for national minorities and indigenous peoples. I believe that these forms of territorial autonomy are in general a success, and contain potential lessons for other countries around the world struggling with issues of minority nationalism.
