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Index
Routledge advances in international relations and global politics
Contents
Tables
Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The concept of federalism and its relevance
Introduction
Globalization and the resurgence of federalism
Origin and development of the concept
Federalism, diversity and democracy
Concluding remarks
2 Ethno-national diversity and federalism in India, Pakistan and Malaysia
Introduction
Asia’s diversity and conflicts
Socio-cultural diversity and federalism: India, Pakistan and Malaysia
India
Pakistan
The unresolved Saraiki nationality question
The Pakhtun14 nationality question
The Baluch nationality question
The Sindhi nationality question
Malaysia
The Malays
The Chinese
The Indians
Concluding remarks
3 Origin and development of federalism in India, Pakistan and Malaysia
Introduction
Malaysia
The Malayan Union: colonial federalism (April 1946)
Federation of Malaya Agreement (1948)
Post-Independence federation of Malay (1957–63)
Rise of the Alliance and the development of federalism
India
Institutionalization of federalism in the colonial period
Main features21 of the colonial federation (1935): institutionalization of communalism
The Cabinet Mission Plan (16 May 1946): the last colonial federalism
The Muslim League’s position on federalism
Federalism as an Indian nationalist legacy
4 Institutional innovation and federal governance in Asian federations
Pakistan
Malaysia
Institutional innovation
Constitutional traits of the Federation
Distribution of powers
Language and the Malaysian Federation
Malay reservations
India
Federal institutional arrangements for accommodation of manifold identity
Ethno-national identity and the Indian federation
Territorial and non-territorial accommodation of ethno-national identity in Indian federalism
The powers of Parliament to create States
Sub-statehood
Non-territorial mode of accommodation of identity
Institutions of a parliamentary-cabinet federal system
Distribution of powers
5 Federalism and democracy in Asian federations
Introduction
Pakistan
Malaysia
India
6 Centre–State relations in Asian federations
Pakistan
Malaysia
India
Centre–State relations: conflict and confrontation
7 Dynamics of Asian federal systems
Pakistan
India
Malaysia
8 Federalism and decentralization
Introduction
Malaysia
Pakistan
India
Conclusion
Some lessons
Further issues
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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