Since the end of the Cold War the global arena has become a place for dynamic change, in particular for federal political units. The focus on defunct federalisms draws attention not only to the difference between state-making and nation building, it also points to the fact that state-making does not necessarily lead to the creation of a national identity.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 assessment is crucial for suggesting the complex structures of identity accommodation in federal entities.The volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate students as well as university lecturers and researchers working on the issues related to contemporary federalism, history of federal units and the questions of national identity.
Author(s): Emilian Kavalski and Magdalena Zolkos
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 220
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
1 Approaching the Phenomenon of Federal Failure......Page 16
2 Dwelling Separately: The Federation of the West Indies and the Challenge of Insularity......Page 32
3 The Pyrrhic Victory of Unitary Statehood: A Comparative Analysis of the Failed Federal Experiments in Ethiopia and Indonesia......Page 46
4 Partnership and Paternalism: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963)......Page 62
5 The Games Elites Play: Notes towards an Elite-Focused Understanding of the Failure of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961–1972)......Page 74
6 The Failed Experiment with Federalism in Pakistan (1947–1971)......Page 86
7 The Demonization of Federalism in Republican China......Page 102
8 The Strategic Roots of Arab Federalism and Its Failure: Transnational Sovereign Power Issues, Military Rule, and Arab Identity......Page 118
9 The Failure of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991): A Story of Contradictions, Weaknesses and Tensions......Page 130
10 From the Second Best Option to Dissolution: Instrumentality and Identity in Czechoslovak Federalism......Page 144
11 The Soviet People: The Rise and Fall of an Ideological Federalism......Page 160
12 Conclusions: Whither Defunct Federalisms......Page 172
Bibliography......Page 188
C......Page 216
F......Page 217
L......Page 218
P......Page 219
S......Page 220
Z......Page 221
