03685nam 2200721Ia 450 991045320290332120200520144314.01-317-15343-X1-317-15342-11-281-76604-697866117660470-7546-8986-7(CKB)1000000000552201(EBL)438518(OCoLC)560626460(SSID)ssj0000136227(PQKBManifestationID)11144279(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136227(PQKBWorkID)10082308(PQKB)10825695(MiAaPQ)EBC438518(MiAaPQ)EBC5293404(Au-PeEL)EBL438518(CaPaEBR)ebr10250457(CaONFJC)MIL922789(Au-PeEL)EBL5293404(CaONFJC)MIL176604(OCoLC)1027202475(EXLCZ)99100000000055220120080506d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDefunct federalisms[electronic resource] critical perspectives on federal failure /edited by Emilian Kavalski, Magdalena ZolkosAldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20081 online resource (221 p.)Federalism studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-4984-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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)6 The Failed Experiment with Federalism in Pakistan (1947-1971)7 The Demonization of Federalism in Republican China; 8 The Strategic Roots of Arab Federalism and Its Failure: Transnational Sovereign Power Issues, Military Rule, and Arab Identity; 9 The Failure of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945-1991): A Story of Contradictions, Weaknesses and Tensions; 10 From the Second Best Option to Dissolution: Instrumentality and Identity in Czechoslovak Federalism; 11 The Soviet People: The Rise and Fall of an Ideological Federalism; 12 Conclusions: Whither Defunct FederalismsBibliographyIndexThis 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.Federalism studies.Comparative governmentFederal governmentCase studiesElectronic books.Comparative government.Federal government320.4/049321.02Żółkoś Magdalena961181Kavalski Emilian861810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453202903321Defunct federalisms2445379UNINA