Asia How far will India go with its social agenda in 2020? February 17, 2020 0 Image Credit: New Dehli Fort by Paolo Mutti/ Flickr; Licence: 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) Written by Michael Kugelman. When one visits New Delhi these…
Activism The party-list system in the Philippines: Is it better or worse for democracy? July 4, 2019 0 Written by Jorge Villamor Tigno. Image Credit: Satur Ocampo & Liza Maza file candidacy for Senate by Victor Villanueva/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The party-list system in the…
Elections Local Governance in Nepal: An Overview August 24, 2018 0 Written by Prashant Bhandari Singha Durbar has always been the political and administrative hub for Nepal. Built during the Rana regime, the perimeter of the…
Elections What will be the state of the federation in Pakistan after the elections? July 23, 2018 0 By Katharine Adeney The elections in Pakistan have been newsworthy for many reasons, not least the crackdown on the media and the imprisonment for ten…
Elections The National versus the Local: Karnataka and the Race for 2019 May 24, 2018 0 Written by Louise Tillin. The recently concluded Karnataka state election in India, with its drawn-out epilogue of government formation, provides insights into the emerging contours…
Federalism India's Federal Success: Recognition is the Way Forward October 10, 2017 18 Written by Katharine Adeney. Ethnofederalism (where the boundaries of at least some of the federal units coincide with ‘ethnic’ boundaries) has been contested as a solution…
Asia Ethnic autonomy in South Asia: a prelude to secession? March 5, 2014 0 Within South Asia in 2014, the states of Nepal and Burma/Myanmar are currently undergoing constitutional redesign and experiencing demands for recognition of territorially concentrated ethnic…
Asia Ethnic Autonomy in South Asia – a road to secession? February 17, 2014 0 As the debate over the Scottish referendum hots up this week, in my inaugural lecture this Thursday 20th Feb I consider the arguments made against…
Asia Ethno federalism in Nepal? January 31, 2014 3 Dr Mara Malagodi came to talk to the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) on the 30th January 2014. Dr Malagodi was speaking on…
