Decentralization and intrastate struggles : Chechnya, Punjab, and Québec /

"There is no one-size-fits-all decentralized fix to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states. One of the hotly debated policy prescriptions for states facing self-determination demands is some form of decentralized governance - including regional autonomy arrangements and federalism - which gr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bakke, Kristin M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Decentralization in government > Case studies.
Decentralization in government > Russia (Federation) > Chechni͡a.
Decentralization in government > India > Punjab.
Decentralization in government > Québec (Province)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Autonomy and independence movements.
Decentralization in government.
Dezentralisation
Erster Tschetschenienkrieg
Föderalismus
Chechni͡a (Russia) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Punjab (India) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Québec (Province) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Pendjab (Inde) > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
Québec (Province) > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
India > Punjab.
Québec.
Russia (Federation) > Chechni͡a.
Tschetschenien
Québec > Provinz
Punjab > Indien
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures
  • List of maps
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 "Peace-Preserving" Decentralization?
  • Containing Conflicts in Divided Societies
  • Decentralization as a Cure or Curse?
  • Defining Decentralization
  • The Argument: State, Society, and Intrastate Struggles
  • Policy Autonomy and Ethnicity
  • Fiscal Autonomy and Wealth
  • Political Elite Ties
  • Research Design
  • Contributions and Relevance of the Study to Academic Debates
  • 2 Divisions and Diversity in Federal States
  • National-Level Hypotheses about Decentralization and Conflict
  • Data and Descriptive Statistics
  • Independent Variables
  • The Dependent Variable
  • Estimation Procedures and Empirical Findings
  • Goodness of Fit and Alternative Estimations
  • Conclusion
  • 3 The First War in Chechnya
  • Introduction: The Parade of Sovereignties and the Chechen Wars
  • Society-State Relations and Violent Conflict in Chechnya
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy
  • Wealth (or Lack Thereof) and Fiscal Autonomy
  • The Chechen Revolution and the Disbanding of Political Elite Ties
  • Ingushetia: The Cousin that Followed a Different Path
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy
  • Wealth (or Lack Thereof) and Fiscal Autonomy
  • Political Elite Ties
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The Rise and Decline of the Punjab Crisis
  • Introduction: India's Politics of Accommodation and the Punjab Crisis
  • Society-State Relations and Violent Conflict in Punjab
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Punjabi Suba Agitation
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Reemergence of Conflict
  • Wealth (and Wealth Divisions) and Fiscal Autonomy
  • Political Elite Ties
  • Political Elite Ties and Toned-Down Akali Demands, 1977-1980
  • Political Elite Ties and Stalled Negotiations, 1980-1983.
  • Political Elite Ties and Escalation of Violence, 1985-1987
  • The Decline of Violent Conflict
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Québec's Sovereignty Movement
  • Introduction: Puzzles of Québec's Sovereignty Struggle
  • What Does Québec Want?
  • Society-State Relations and Demands for Self-Determination in Québec
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Language Question
  • Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: Turning Toward Social Policies
  • A Movement Divided
  • Wealth and Fiscal Autonomy
  • Political Elite Ties
  • Political Elite Ties and the Violent Road Not Taken
  • Political Elite Ties and Constitutional Negotiations
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives
  • Argument and Findings in Comparative Perspective
  • Policy Autonomy and Ethnicity
  • Fiscal Autonomy and Wealth
  • Political Elite Ties
  • Further Research
  • Local Divisions and Institution Building
  • References
  • Index.

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