Practising Self-Government: A Comparative Study of Autonomous Regions

518 Pages·2013·2.811 MB·English

by  Professor Yash Ghai, Sophia Woodman

PractisingSelf-Government
Autonomyisanimportantconstitutionalconceptallowingforregionswithin
countriestoexerciseself-government.Thisbookpresentsdetailedcasestudies
of thirteen such autonomies from around the world, in which noted experts
on each outline the constitutional, legal and institutional frameworks as well
ashowthesearrangementshaveworkedinpracticetoprotectminorityrights
andpreventsecessionoftheterritoriesinquestion.Thevolume’seditorsdraw
onthecasestudiestoprovideacomparativeanalysisofhowautonomyworks
andthepoliticalandinstitutionalconditionsunderwhichitislikelytobecome
aworkablearrangementformanagementofthedifferencesthatbroughtitinto
being.
YashGhaiisProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofHongKongandDirectorof
theKatibaInstitute,Nairobi.Forthepastthirtyyears,hehasbeeninvolvedinthe
studyofautonomyasascholarandasaframerofconstitutionalarrangements
thatuseautonomyasadeviceforresolvingconflict.
Sophia Woodman is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of British
Columbia,Vancouver.SheisasociologistwhostudiesChinesepolitics,includ-
ingthepoliticsofautonomyandminoritiesincontemporaryChina.

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Practising Self-Government
A Comparative Study of Autonomous Regions
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YASH GHAI AND SOPHIA WOODMAN
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Contents
Listoftables pageix
Listofcontributors x
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: Natureandoriginsofautonomy 1
YashGhai
1 Seekingautonomyinadecentralisedfederation:thecase
ofQue´bec 32
RichardSimeonandLucTurgeon
2 Prosperityandhappinessthroughautonomy:theself-government
oftheA˚landIslandsinFinland 62
MarkkuSuksi
3 PuertoRico:autonomyorcolonialsubordination? 91
Efr´enRivera-Ramos
4 FoundationsandinstitutionsofSouthTyrol’s
autonomyinItaly 118
OskarPeterlini
5 Kashmir:thevanishingautonomy 163
JillCottrell
6 Autonomiesofscale:precariousself-governmenton
NorfolkIsland 200
HelenIrving
7 TheautonomyofCatalonia:theunendingsearchforaplace
withinpluralistSpain 228
CarlosFloresJuber´ıas
viii Contents
8 ZanzibarinTanzania:fromsovereigntytoautonomy? 258
YashGhai
9 Defectivedemocracyinafailedstate?Bridgingconstitutional
design,politicsandethnicdivisioninBosnia-Herzegovina 281
JosephMarko
10 HongKong’sautonomy:dialectsofpowersandinstitutions 315
YashGhai
11 TheautonomyofdevolvedScotland 349
ChrisHimsworth
12 Macau:transformationofanhistoricautonomy 383
PauloCardinal
13 AutonomyandconflictresolutioninBougainville,Papua
NewGuinea 412
AnthonyJ.Regan
14 Comparativeperspectivesoninstitutionalframeworksfor
autonomy 449
SophiaWoodmanandYashGhai
Index 487