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Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (2024)
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The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the most prominent projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. While its geopolitical and financial implications have received much attention, CPEC’s mediation through the structures of Pakis... Read More about Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? (2023)
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What is the impact of democracy/authoritarianism regime change on de/centralization in federations? Based on the annual coding of three politico-institutional aspects, 22 policy fields, and five fiscal categories, this article maps de/centralization... Read More about Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?.

Federalism and regime change: De/centralization in Pakistan – 1956–2020 (2022)
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The extent to which de/centralization is shaped by regime change in federations that have experienced periods of autocratic rule is yet to be fully explored. To this end, this article measures static and dynamic de/centralization in Pakistan–a federa... Read More about Federalism and regime change: De/centralization in Pakistan – 1956–2020.

How can we model ethnic democracy? An application to contemporary India (2020)
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The status of India as the world's largest democracy is often lauded, but the re‐election of the overtly Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 has increased concerns about the threat to India's multinational democracy and the rule of law.... Read More about How can we model ethnic democracy? An application to contemporary India.

The impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Pakistan's federal system: the politics of the CPEC (2020)
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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is often portrayed as the flagship project of the new economic and political architecture envisaged by China as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With official figures suggesting a $62 billion CPEC-relate... Read More about The impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Pakistan's federal system: the politics of the CPEC.

Power-Sharing in the World's Largest Democracy: Informal Consociationalism in India (and Its Decline?) (2019)
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© 2019 Swiss Political Science Association India is one of the most diverse countries of the world but operates with a majoritarian Westminster constitution and simple plurality electoral system, albeit also with a federal structure. It was eventuall... Read More about Power-Sharing in the World's Largest Democracy: Informal Consociationalism in India (and Its Decline?).

Current challenges to multinational federalism in India (2018)
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India’s multinational federation has experienced multiple challenges in the last 25 years, relating to the rise of coalition politics and the process of economic liberalisation, both of which have increased the power of some of the states of the fede... Read More about Current challenges to multinational federalism in India.

Does ethnofederalism explain the success of Indian federalism? (2017)
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Ethnofederalism has been contested as a solution for diverse societies as seen recently in Nepal (where federalism has been accepted, but the design and number of units remains heavily contested) and Myanmar (where ethnic minority demands for increas... Read More about Does ethnofederalism explain the success of Indian federalism?.

How to understand Pakistan’s hybrid regime: the importance of a multidimensional continuum (2015)
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Pakistan has had a chequered democratic history but elections in 2013 marked a second turnover in power, and the first transition in Pakistan’s history from one freely elected government to another. How do we best categorize (and therefore understan... Read More about How to understand Pakistan’s hybrid regime: the importance of a multidimensional continuum.

Introduction: The Future of Democracy (2015)
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In this article the special issue on the future of democracy is introduced with a discussion of the rationale and a brief overview of the contributions that follow. In addition the authors highlight four major themes that run through the special is... Read More about Introduction: The Future of Democracy.

A move to majoritarian nationalism?: challenges of representation in South Asia (2015)
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Despite India’s status as the world’s largest democracy and increasing turnouts in many of the countries of South Asia, recent elections raise concerns about the threat to democracy in the form of majoritarianism. Many of the countries of South Asia... Read More about A move to majoritarian nationalism?: challenges of representation in South Asia.

Democracy in South Asia: Getting beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy (2004)
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With reference to South Asia, we argue that recourse to the conventional structuralist and transition accounts of democratisation sustains an unhelpful dichotomy. Those approaches tend towards either determinism or agent-driven contingency. In contra... Read More about Democracy in South Asia: Getting beyond the Structure-Agency Dichotomy.