Event recording | Putney Debates 2021 (session one)
The first session of Putney Debates 2021 discussed the models of national unity, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Spain, and Italy.
19/02/2023
Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of the UK
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott’s lecture considers the unity and disunity of the UK. It discusses the diverse histories of the four nations of the UK and what it means to characterize the UK as a ‘union’ rather than a ‘unitary’ State.
18/02/2023
Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of Spain
Spain has suffered in the last two decades a very high separation tension. In this lecture, professor Roberto Galán-Vioque explains what happened in Spain and what caused its separatist tensions.
18/02/2023
Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of Italy
In this lecture, professor Francesco Bilancia discusses the constitutional contemporary architecture of the Italian State-regions relations as implemented by the 1999 constitutional reform.
18/02/2023
Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of China
In this lecture, professor Qianfan Zhang, from Peking University, discusses how China has managed to keep its parts together in a centralized framework that is supposed to accommodate ethnic and political diversities.
03/05/2023
Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of the US
Richard W. Clary’s lecture addresses the model of federalism adopted by the United States of America in its Constitution.
18/02/2023