Autonomy and Ethnicity: Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-ethnic StatesYash P. Ghai This book, first published in 2000, deals with one of the most urgent problems of contemporary times: the political organisation of multi-ethnic states. Most major conflicts of our time are internal to the state and revolve around the claims of access to or the redesign of the state. Responses to ethnic conflicts have ranged from oppression and ethnic cleansing to accommodations of ethnic claims through affirmative policies, special forms of representation, power sharing, and the integration of minorities. One of the most sought after, and resisted, devices for conflict management is autonomy. Within an overarching framework that examines different understandings of ethnic consciousness and the variety of territorial autonomies, the authors examine the experiences of spatial distribution of power in Canada, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, PNG, Spain, the former Yugoslavia, Cyprus, Sri Lanka and Australia. |
Contents
ETHNICITY AND AUTONOMY A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS | 1 |
ETHNICITY | 4 |
AUTONOMY | 8 |
THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF ETHNICALLY BASED AUTONOMIES | 11 |
EXPERIENCES OF AUTONOMY | 14 |
CONCLUSION | 24 |
OPERATING AUTONOMIES | 27 |
FEDERALISM AND DIVERSITY IN CANADA | 29 |
ACCOMMODATED ETHNICITY IN COMMUNIST YUGOSLAVIA | 150 |
THE BREAKUP OF THE FEDERAL STATE | 158 |
ACCOMMODATED ETHNICITY IN THE SUCCESSOR STATES | 161 |
CONCLUSION | 167 |
SEEKING AUTONOMIES | 171 |
ETHNICITY AND THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ORDERS OF ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA | 173 |
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES | 175 |
THE RECONSTITUTION OF ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA | 187 |
CANADAS CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION | 30 |
FACETS OF CANADIAN DIVERSITY | 31 |
THE FEDERAL ACCOMMODATION OF DIVERSITY | 39 |
CONCLUSION | 50 |
FEDERALISM AND DIVERSITY IN INDIA | 53 |
A CONTESTED TERRAIN | 54 |
INHERITED ARGUMENTS | 59 |
ALTERNATIVE MAPPINGS | 69 |
AUTONOMY REGIMES IN CHINA COPING WITH ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY | 77 |
MINORITIES AND BASIC POLICIES | 78 |
SCOPE AND INSTITUTIONS | 82 |
A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY | 92 |
CONCLUSION | 95 |
HOW THE CENTRE HOLDS MANAGING CLAIMS FOR REGIONAL AND ETHNIC AUTONOMY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA | 99 |
NATION BUILDING ETHNICITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY | 102 |
NEGOTIATIONS AND THE FWORD | 104 |
THE CHALLENGE OF REGIONALISM | 107 |
THE ROLE OF THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL COURT | 108 |
CONSTITUTION MAKING AND THE RECOGNITION OF DIVERSITY | 112 |
THE FINAL CONSTITUTIONS REGIONALISM PROVISIONS | 113 |
COOPERATIVE GOVERNMENT AND WEAK REGIONALISM | 116 |
CONCLUSION | 117 |
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE ETHNIC SETTLEMENT IN SPAIN | 122 |
THE 1978 CONSTITUTION | 125 |
THE POSTCONSTITUTIONAL DEVOLUTION PROCESS | 129 |
ASYMMETRIC VERSUS SYMMETRIC FEDERALISM | 132 |
COMPLEMENTARY OR CONTRASTING FACTORS? | 134 |
CAN THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE PROVIDE A UNIVERSAL MODEL? | 136 |
CONCLUSION | 138 |
FAILED AUTONOMIES | 145 |
ETHNICITY AND FEDERALISM IN COMMUNIST YUGOSLAVIA AND ITS SUCCESSOR STATES | 147 |
ASSESSING THE FUTURE | 192 |
THE POLITICS OF FEDERALISM AND DIVERSITY IN SRI LANKA | 197 |
THE IDEOLOGY OF THE CENTRALISED STATE AND ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS | 198 |
DEVOLUTION THROUGH PROVINCIAL COUNCILS | 200 |
THE JUDICIARY PLURALISM AND THE ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES RELATING TO DEVOLUTION | 205 |
DOES IT REPRESENT A PARADIGM SHIFT? | 210 |
CONSOCIATIONALISM AND MINORITIES WITHIN A REGION | 213 |
POWER SHARING AND IDENTITY POLITICS | 215 |
CYPRUS FROM CORPORATE AUTONOMY TO THE SEARCH FOR TERRITORIAL FEDERALISM | 219 |
THE ZURICHLONDON ACCORDS AND THE 1960 CONSTITUTION | 223 |
NEGOTIATIONS | 228 |
POLITICAL DIFFERENCES | 231 |
THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTIES IN THE DISPUTE | 234 |
CONCLUSION | 236 |
BOUGAINVILLE AND THE DIALECTICS OF ETHNICITY AUTONOMY AND SEPARATION | 242 |
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 243 |
DEVELOPMENT OF DECENTRALISATION PROPOSALS 19721977 | 247 |
DECENTRALISATION ARRANGEMENTS 19771988 | 252 |
BREAKDOWN OF DECENTRALISATION ARRANGEMENTS | 256 |
ASYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENTS OR SEPARATION? | 259 |
CONCLUSION | 261 |
THE IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERALISM FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS | 266 |
THE FEDERAL DIVISION OF POWER | 269 |
ASPECTS OF SELFGOVERNMENT | 278 |
THE FUTURE | 281 |
CONCLUSION | 283 |
LIST OF CASES | 287 |
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