Federalism in South Asia.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781317559733
- 320.454
- DT407.4 .S384 2014
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figure -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Preface -- 1. Federal Theory and Federalism in South Asia: An Overview -- 2. India: A Federation without Federalism? -- 3. Pakistan: A Defunct Federalism -- 4. Nepal: An Aspiring Federation -- 5. Federal Discourse and Devolutionary Denouement in Sri Lanka -- 6. Federal Experiments in South Asia: A Comparative View -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index.
The book is a systematic, comparative and empirical study of the functioning and aspiring federal political systems in select South Asian countries, viz., India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. It posits federal democracy as the only viable solution to the challenges of ethnic and regional conflicts and governance in these multicultural and multinational countries.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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