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      Federalism in South Asia book

      ByMahendra Prasad Singh, Veena Kukreja
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 15 August 2014
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge India
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734026
      Pages 276
      eBook ISBN 9781315734026
      Subjects Area Studies, Politics & International Relations
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      Singh, M.P., & Kukreja, V. (2014). Federalism in South Asia (1st ed.). Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734026

      ABSTRACT

      This book is one of the first in-depth and systematic studies on the functioning and aspiring federations of South Asia. It examines how federal dynamics in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are impinged on by the nature of their specific constitutions; their societal, political and cultural fabrics; composition of power elites and ruling classes; structures of political economy and market; electoral and party systems; mass media; and information technology.

      The authors offer a comparative, analytical, conceptual, and theoretical framework to understand patterns and trends as also experiences of and possibilities for federalism in South Asia. They highlight divergences and similarities, successes and key challenges, while indicating federalism’s wider regional relevance in the discourse on democracy and governance. The book concludes that the multicultural character of these societies — beset with ethnic and regional conflicts, separatist and military undercurrents — makes federal political solutions the only viable route.

      Providing a wealth of material, this will deeply interest scholars, students and teachers of comparative politics, political science, federal studies, area studies as well as those interested in political structures and processes in South Asia.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|18 pages

      Federal Theory and Federalism in South Asia: An Overview

      chapter 2|56 pages

      India: A Federation without Federalism?

      chapter 3|78 pages

      Pakistan: A Defunct Federalism

      chapter 4|31 pages

      Nepal: An Aspiring Federation

      chapter 5|32 pages

      Federal Discourse and Devolutionary Denouement in Sri Lanka

      chapter 6|15 pages

      Federal Experiments in South Asia: A Comparative View

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