Federalism in Asia

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Baogang He, Brian Galligan, Takashi Inoguchi
Edward Elgar Publishing, 1 янв. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 329
This book is a collection of 13 articles which grew out if a workshop on federalism and democratisation in Asia. But, unlike a great many of the publications which have their origins in conferences, this volume has a clear theme running through its contri
 

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1 Democratization and federalization in Asia
1
2 Multination federalism
33
a critique of ethnonational federalism
57
4 Federal accommodation of ethnocultural identities in India
82
5 Democracy and federalism in Pakistan
101
6 Semidemocracy and minimalist federalism in Malaysia
124
7 Indonesias postrevolutionary aversion to federalism
144
8 Federalism versus autonomy in the Philippines
165
9 Ethnicity and federal prospect in Myanmar
188
10 Chinas de facto federalism
213
11 Toward federalism in China? The experience of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
242
12 Federal traditions and quasifederalism in Japan
266
13 Federalism and Asia
290
Index
315
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Стр. 6 - States ; or (b) between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other ; or (c) between two or more States...
Стр. 295 - ... a wholly novel theory, which may be considered as a great discovery in modern political science. In all the confederations which preceded the American Constitution of 1789, the allied states for a common object agreed to obey the injunctions of a federal government : but they reserved to themselves the right of ordaining and enforcing the execution of the laws of the union.
Стр. 243 - Federalism is a political organization in which the activities of government are divided between regional governments and a central government in such a way that each kind of government has some activities on which it makes final decisions.
Стр. 7 - Any section of citizens having a distinct language, script or culture shall have the right to preserve the same.
Стр. 106 - If the President is satisfied that a grave emergency exists in which the security or economic life of Pakistan, or any part thereof, is threatened by way of external aggression, or by internal disturbance beyond the power of a Provincial Government to control, he may issue a Proclamation of Emergency.
Стр. 256 - Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures'.
Стр. 105 - Houses sitting jointly vote for them, provided, however, that this majority vote must include at least 30 per cent of the members present and voting from each zone. For...
Стр. 263 - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets, to prohibit foreign political organizations or bodies...
Стр. 263 - the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government...
Стр. 7 - Urdu, and arrangements shall be made for its being used for official and other purposes within fifteen years from the commencing day. (2) Subject to clause (1), the English language may be used for official purposes until arrangements are made for its replacement by Urdu. (3) Without prejudice to the status of the national language, a provincial assembly may by law prescribe measures for the teaching, promotion and use of a provincial language in addition to the national language.

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