Defunct Federalisms: Critical Perspectives on Federal Failure

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Routledge, 2016 M05 13 - 220 páginas
Since the end of the Cold War the global arena has become a place for dynamic change, in particular for federal political units. The focus on defunct federalisms draws attention not only to the difference between state-making and nation building, it also points to the fact that state-making does not necessarily lead to the creation of a national identity. This comparative volume looks at the track record of several defunct federalisms to identify options that have been overlooked and decisions that precipitated the collapse. Bringing together insights from the study of state failure and federal collapse, it examines the ways in which parallel assessment is crucial for suggesting the complex structures of identity accommodation in federal entities. The volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as university lecturers and researchers working on the issues related to contemporary federalism, history of federal units and the questions of national identity.
 

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1 Approaching the Phenomenon of Federal Failure
1
The Federation of the West Indies and the Challenge of Insularity
17
A Comparative Analysis of the Failed Federal Experiments in Ethiopia and Indonesia
31
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 19531963
47
Notes towards an EliteFocused Understanding of the Failure of the Federal Republic of Cameroon 19611972
59
6 The Failed Experiment with Federalism in Pakistan 19471971
71
7 The Demonization of Federalism in Republican China
87
Transnational Sovereign Power Issues Military Rule and Arab Identity
103
A Story of Contradictions Weaknesses and Tensions
115
Instrumentality and Identity in Czechoslovak Federalism
129
The Rise and Fall of an Ideological Federalism
145
Whither Defunct Federalisms
157
Bibliography
173
Index
201
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Emilian Kavalski is Associate Professor of Global Studies at the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University (Sydney). He is currently working on (i) the encounter of International Relations with life in the Anthropocene, especially the conceptualization of and engagement with non-human actors; and (ii) the nascent Asian normative orders and the ways in which they confront, compliment, and transform established traditions, norms, and institutions. Emilian contends that in both these areas the application of Complexity Thinking has important implications for the way global life is approached, explained, and understood. At the same time, these research foci sketch a prolegomenon to the conceptual contexts of theory-building and policy-making intent on facilitating economic, social, and environmental interactions that promote the well-being of people in ways that are just, equitable, and sustainable. Magdalena Zolkos is the Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada.

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