sovereigntist

Marois says there is no plan to renounce the controversial project dubbed "sovereigntist governance."

Thestar.com - Home Page 2011

There are many other players that could be "broadly defined as sovereigntist" - latest estimates indicate 180

Gates of Vienna 2009

Mr Mas has a forthright attitude to wresting powers from Madrid without demanding full independence, making him a "sovereigntist" in the local jargon.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

Talking about Quebec independence in in 2009 would be met by bemused stares (or perhaps mid-90s nostalgia) by even the most ardent sovereigntist.

Matthew Yglesias » My Long-Awaited Revenge 2009

By giving the sovereignty movement a voice, by dealing them in, as it were, at the table, by making them a party of the system, Canada has found a way to give the sovereigntist movement a legitimate voice in the House of Commons, while at the same time robbing the sovereignty movement of much of its anti-establishment strength.

Matthew Yglesias » My Long-Awaited Revenge 2009

Writing in the Conservative National Post, commentator Kevin Libin said: "I have yet to see a satisfying explanation for what sparked that Quebec stampede to the NDP, but my best guess is that it was one of those generational swings: young people in that province voting in their first federal election this week were babies when the Bloc was created and probably grew up watching with bafflement and amusement their parents' sovereigntist idealism."

The New Democratic Party: the rag-tag alliance that became Canada's official opposition 2011

Chantal Hebert wrote a good book recently about the evolution of Quebec politics beyond the old federalist/sovereigntist categories.

Matthew Yglesias » My Long-Awaited Revenge 2009

Quebecois does also have more sovereigntist connotations.

Matthew Yglesias » My Long-Awaited Revenge 2009

Among international law academics, there is far less division — there is not much of a realist wing, a power wing, for international law academics to contend with inside the legal academy itself, nor is there much of an “alternative” sovereigntist position based in democratic sovereignty idealism — although in each case, realism and idealism, more than there used to be.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Idealism and Realism in International Law and Relations: 2009

The American conservative or, more precisely, democratic sovereigntist, complaint about human rights has traditionally been that it is a tool by which self-defined political progressives pursue agendas that they cannot manage to achieve through domestic democratic mechanisms.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Globally Managing American Speech? 2009