Federalism in Asia: India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar (Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization)

This comprehensive book critically analyzes the successes and failures of federalism in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar for the political accommodation of ethno-regional diversity and assesses their comparative democratic significance for other countries in Asia. This revised new edition incorporates updated demographic, religious and linguistic data for the case study countries and examines some of the major changes that have taken place in formally federal states since 2010, including the 18th Amendment of the Constitution in Pakistan in 2010, which gave a major turn to decentralization by empowering the provinces; the new federal democratic Constitution that was introduced in Nepal in 2015; and the abolition of the Planning Commission and the National Development Council in India. The author thematically examines the growing tensions between nation and state-building in ethnically plural societies; modes of federation-building in Asia; persistent ethnic tensions in federations and the relationship between federalism and democracy; and federalism and decentralization. The book will be of use to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Asian politics, comparative federalism and modern Asian political history and institutions, as well as policy makers on ethnic conflict regulation and peace studies and stakeholders in ethnic power-sharing and political order. Cover 1 Half Title 4 Series 5 Title 6 Copyright 6 Contents 10 List of tables 11 Preface and acknowledgements 12 List of abbreviations 14 Introduction: federalism in Asia 18 1 The concept of federalism and its relevance 29 2 Ethno-national diversity and federalism 41 3 Origin and development of federalism in Asia: colonialism, nationalism, decolonization and revolution 72 4 Federalism and institutional innovations 102 5 Dynamics of federalism: political parties and ethnic movements 141 6 Centre–state relations: structure and processes 160 7 Federalism and forms of decentralization 186 8 Federalism and democracy: new questions asked 208 Conclusion: beyond the diversity problematic 229 Bibliography 243 Index 258 "This comprehensive book analyzes the successes and failures of federalism in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar for the political accommodation of ethno-regional diversity, and assesses their comparative significance for other countries in Asia. This revised new edition incorporates updated demographic, religious and linguistic data for the case study countries, and examines some of the major changes that have taken place in formally federal states since 2010, including: the 18th Amendment of the Constitution in Pakistan, in 2010, which gave a major turn to decentralization by empowering the provinces; the new federal democratic Constitution that was introduced in Nepal in 2015; and the abolition of the Planning Commission, the National Development Council, and the Special Category States status, in India. The author examines growing tensions between nation and state-building in ethnically plural societies; modes of federation-building in Asia; persistent ethnic tensions in federations, and the relationship between federalism and democracy; and federalism and decentralization. The book will be of use to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Asian politics, comparative federalism, and modern Asian political history and institutions, as well as policymakers on ethnic conflict regulation and peace studies, and stakeholders in ethnic power sharing and political order"-- Provided by publisher The goal of this work is the introduction of efficient antenna structures on the basis of the requirement of different microwave imaging methods; i.e. quantitative and qualitative microwave imaging techniques. Several criteria are proposed for the evaluation of single element antenna structures for application in microwave imaging systems. The performance of the proposed antennas are evaluated in simulation and measurement scenarios This comprehensive new edition analyzes the successes and failures of federalism in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal and Myanmar for the political accommodation of ethno-regional diversity, and assesses their comparative significance for other countries in Asia.