TY - BOOK AU - Weller,Marc AU - Nobbs,Katherine TI - Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts T2 - National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century Series SN - 9780812205756 AV - GN496 -- .A83 2010eb U1 - 320.15 PY - 2012/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Ethnic conflict-Political aspects-Case studies KW - Autonomy-Case studies KW - Ethnic relations-Political aspects KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Self-determination, National KW - Conflict management KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Asymmetrical Approaches to State Design -- 1. Cases of Asymmetrical Territorial Autonomy -- 2. The Russian Constitutional System: Complexity and Asymmetry -- 3. Partial Asymmetry and Federal Construction: Accommodating Diversity in the Canadian Constitution -- 4. Elusive Autonomy in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 5. Asymmetry in the Face of Heavily Disproportionate Power Relations: Hong Kong -- 6. Asymmetric Autonomy in the United Kingdom -- Part II: Conflict Settlements -- 7. Thinking About Asymmetry and Symmetry in the Remaking of Iraq -- Part III: Emerging Settlements -- 8. The Case for Asymmetric Federalism in Georgia: A Missed Opportunity -- 9. Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova: The Real and the Virtual in Post-Soviet State Design -- 10. Asymmetric Autonomy and Power Sharing for Sri Lanka: A Political Solution to Ethnic Confl ict? -- 11. Puntland's Declaration of Autonomy and Somaliland's Secession: Two Quests for Self-Governance in a Failed State -- Conclusion -- List of Contributors -- Index N2 - This collection of new case studies assesses the ability of asymmetrical autonomy agreements to resolve violent struggles between central governments and separatist groups within their borders UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441942 ER -