Is autonomy a solution or an obstacle to resolving ethno-national conflicts? / Rajat Ganguly -- Prospects for autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir / D. Suba Chandran -- The rise and decline of a separatist insurgency : contentious politics in Assam, India / Sanjib Baruah -- Ethnic peacemaking in Sri Lanka : the politics of autonomy solution / P. Sahadevan -- Ending the war in Aceh : leadership, patronage and autonomy in Yudhoyono's Indonesia / Marcus Mietzner -- Mindanao, southern Philippines : the pitfalls in working for peace in a time of political decay / Nathan Gilbert Quimpo -- When autonomy is not an option? : governing violence in southern Thailand / Chaiwat Satha-Anand -- What does the empirical evidence tell us about the suitability of territorial autonomy in resolving ethno-national conflicts in South and Southeast Asia? / Rajat Ganguly
Summary
This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on ethnic conflict settlement because it is supposed to be able to reconcile two paradoxical objectives: the preservation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state, and the satisfaction of ethnic minorities' right to national self-determination. Critics argue, however, that autono
