Mahendra Prasad Singh, Veena Kukreja

Federalism in South Asia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781138660199
• ISBN-10: 1138660191
• Artikelnr.: 44827327

Autorenporträt

Mahendra Prasad Singh is Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi. Veena Kukreja is Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

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