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Federalism in South Asia.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (277 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317559733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Federalism in South AsiaDDC classification:
  • 320.454
LOC classification:
  • DT407.4 .S384 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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