Title Decentralization and intrastate struggles : Chechnya, Punjab, and Québec / Kristin M. Bakke, University College London

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 "Peace-Preserving" Decentralization? -- Containing Conflicts in Divided Societies -- Decentralization as a Cure or Curse? -- Defining Decentralization -- The Argument: State, Society, and Intrastate Struggles -- Policy Autonomy and Ethnicity -- Fiscal Autonomy and Wealth -- Political Elite Ties -- Research Design -- Contributions and Relevance of the Study to Academic Debates -- 2 Divisions and Diversity in Federal States -- National-Level Hypotheses about Decentralization and Conflict -- Data and Descriptive Statistics -- Independent Variables -- The Dependent Variable -- Estimation Procedures and Empirical Findings -- Goodness of Fit and Alternative Estimations -- Conclusion -- 3 The First War in Chechnya -- Introduction: The Parade of Sovereignties and the Chechen Wars -- Society-State Relations and Violent Conflict in Chechnya -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy -- Wealth (or Lack Thereof) and Fiscal Autonomy -- The Chechen Revolution and the Disbanding of Political Elite Ties -- Ingushetia: The Cousin that Followed a Different Path -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy -- Wealth (or Lack Thereof) and Fiscal Autonomy -- Political Elite Ties -- Conclusion -- 4 The Rise and Decline of the Punjab Crisis -- Introduction: India's Politics of Accommodation and the Punjab Crisis -- Society-State Relations and Violent Conflict in Punjab -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Punjabi Suba Agitation -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Reemergence of Conflict -- Wealth (and Wealth Divisions) and Fiscal Autonomy -- Political Elite Ties -- Political Elite Ties and Toned-Down Akali Demands, 1977-1980 -- Political Elite Ties and Stalled Negotiations, 1980-1983 Political Elite Ties and Escalation of Violence, 1985-1987 -- The Decline of Violent Conflict -- Conclusion -- 5 Québec's Sovereignty Movement -- Introduction: Puzzles of Québec's Sovereignty Struggle -- What Does Québec Want? -- Society-State Relations and Demands for Self-Determination in Québec -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: The Language Question -- Ethnicity and Policy Autonomy: Turning Toward Social Policies -- A Movement Divided -- Wealth and Fiscal Autonomy -- Political Elite Ties -- Political Elite Ties and the Violent Road Not Taken -- Political Elite Ties and Constitutional Negotiations -- Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives -- Argument and Findings in Comparative Perspective -- Policy Autonomy and Ethnicity -- Fiscal Autonomy and Wealth -- Political Elite Ties -- Further Research -- Local Divisions and Institution Building -- References -- Index Summary "There is no one-size-fits-all decentralized fix to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states. One of the hotly debated policy prescriptions for states facing self-determination demands is some form of decentralized governance - including regional autonomy arrangements and federalism - which grants minority groups a degree of self-rule. Yet the track record of existing decentralized states suggests that these have widely divergent capacity to contain conflicts within their borders. Through in-depth case studies of Chechnya, Punjab and Quebec, as well as a statistical cross-country analysis, this book argues that while policy, fiscal approach, and political decentralization can, indeed, be peace-preserving at times, the effects of these institutions are conditioned by traits of the societies they (are meant to) govern. Decentralization may help preserve peace in one country or in one region, but it may have just the opposite effect in a country or region with different ethnic and economic characteristics"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Decentralization in government -- Case studies Decentralization in government -- Russia (Federation) -- Chechni︠a︡ Decentralization in government -- India -- Punjab Decentralization in government -- Québec (Province) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Autonomy and independence movements Decentralization in government Dezentralisation Erster Tschetschenienkrieg Föderalismus SUBJECT Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Punjab (India) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Québec (Province) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007261 Subject India -- Punjab Québec Russia (Federation) -- Chechni︠a︡ Tschetschenien Québec Provinz Punjab Indien Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316320471 1316320472 9781316146125 131614612X 1316317137 9781316317136 9781316323830 1316323838 9781316310458 1316310450

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