Defunct federalisms: critical perspectives on federal failure
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England Ashgate ©2008
Series:Federalism studies
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-200) and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Approaching the Phenomenon of Federal Failure; 2 Dwelling Separately: The Federation of the West Indies and the Challenge of Insularity; 3 The Pyrrhic Victory of Unitary Statehood: A Comparative Analysis of the Failed Federal Experiments in Ethiopia and Indonesia; 4 Partnership and Paternalism: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963); 5 The Games Elites Play: Notes towards an Elite-Focused Understanding of the Failure of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961-1972)
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 206 pages)
ISBN:9780754689867
0754689867

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