This volume describes and analyzes alternative and emerging models of non-territorial autonomy (NTA), particularly in relation to decentralization.

Tove H. Malloy is Professor of European Studies at the Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany.

Levente Salat is Professor of Political Science at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Introduction 1. A New Research Agenda for Theorizing Non-Territorial Autonomy? Part I: The State and Pluralism: Political Community and Legal Accommodation 2. Political Community and Normative Pluralism 3. Legal Pluralism, Autonomy and Ethno-Cultural Diversity Management Part II: Network Governance 4. Autonomy Initiatives of the Afrikaner Community in South Africa 5. Democratic Autonomy in the Kurdish Regions of Syria 6. Shared Sovereignty in Israel-Palestine: Towards Non-Territorial Autonomy for Israel's Palestinians 7. The Irish Gaeltacht as a Trans-local Phenomenon Part III: Normative Pluralism 8. Roma Autonomous Lawmaking - the Romanian Case 9. Understanding Indigenous Cultural Rights in Indonesia 10. Faith Education in Britain: A Normatively Pluralist Scenario in the Making Conclusions 11. Towards New Paradigms?