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Defunct federalisms : critical perspectives on federal failure /

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 assessm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Żółkoś, Magdalena, Kavalski, Emilian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Series:Federalism studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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).