Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan

Katharine Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types of conflict in the two countries rather than the role of religion. Adeney examines the extent to which previous constitutional choices explain current day conflicts. Katharine Adeney Demonstrates That Institutional Design, Rather Than The Role Of Religion, Is The Most Important Explanatory Variable In Understanding The Different Types And Intensities Of Conflict In India And Pakistan. Deploying An Innovative Methodological Approach, Adeney Focuses On The Rationale Behind The Creation And Different Designs Of Federal And Consociational Structures In The Two Countries. Deftly Interweaving Historical Narrative With An Analysis Of The Salient Cleavages In Both Countries, Adeney Examines The Politics Of Institutional Design And Ethnic Conflict Regulation, As Well As The Extent To Which Previous Constitutional Choices Explain Current Conflicts. Comparative Federalism And Ethnic Conflict: A Theoretical Examination -- Federal Plans In Pre-independence India -- The Federal Problem In South Asia: Institutional Design Before Partition -- Partition: Differences In Federal Design -- Federal Segregation Or Multiculturalism? -- Federal (in)stability In India -- Federal (in)stability In Pakistan -- Future Prospects For India And Pakistan And Lessons For Ethnically Divided Societies. Katharine Adeney. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [209]-226) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Comparative Federalism and Ethnic Conflict: A Theoretical Examination....Pages 1-22 Federal Plans in Pre-Independence India....Pages 23-42 The Federal “Problem” in South Asia: Institutional Design before Partition....Pages 43-60 Partition: Differences in Federal Design....Pages 61-81 Federal Segregation or Multiculturalism?....Pages 83-105 Federal (In)Stability in India....Pages 107-136 Federal (In)Stability in Pakistan....Pages 137-162 Future Prospects for India and Pakistan and Lessons for Ethnically Divided Societies....Pages 163-181 Back Matter....Pages 183-238 Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types of conflict in two countries. She focuses on the rationale behind the creation and the different designs of federal and consociational structures and interweaves historical narrative with an analysis of their salient cleavages, the politics of institutional design, and ethnic conflict regulation