Breen The Road to Federalism in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Finding the Middle Ground
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-58175-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Politics in Asia

Nations built on exclusion and assimilation, decades of civil war, widespread poverty, authoritarianism and the decline of democracy. Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are travelling a road to federalism. Institutions and ethnic identity have interacted to privilege some and marginalise others. But when the right conditions prevail, political equality can be restored.

This book charts the origins and evolution of federalism and other approaches to the accommodation of minority ethnic groups in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It applies a historical institutionalism methodology to understand why federalism has been resisted, what causes it to be established and what design options are most likely to balance otherwise competing centripetal and centrifugal forces. Breen shows how Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are finding a middle ground whereby deliberative and moderating institutions are combined with accommodating ones to support a political equality among groups and individuals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breen, Michael G

Breen, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms

1. Introduction
2. Methodology and conceptual framework
3. Federalism, accommodation and Asia
4. State formation
5. The road to federalism
6. The constitutional settlement
7. Accommodation and moderation – federal design issues
8. Conclusion

Appendix 1: Definition and operationalisation of variables, conditions and mechanisms
Appendix 2: Key deliberative institutions in Nepal’s constitution- making process

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael G Breen completed his PhD at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and is now based at Deakin University, Australia. His background is as a policy advisor in Australia and Nepal, with expertise in federalism, the rights of indigenous peoples and political inclusion.