TY  - GEN
SN  - 1617-5069
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/10010/
A1  - Hönig, Patrick
N2  - In the past several years, the South Asian sub-continent has been making  headlines for what is seen as the challenge of its multiple ?failing states?, while  India, the ?anchor state? to which all the dots connect, continues to enjoy the  reputation of being the world?s largest democracy and a rising giant in Asia. But  India, too, has been showing worrisome signs of disintegration. Persistent ethnic  strife, regular outbursts of communal violence, a spade of terrorist attacks, a  Maoist movement apparently growing in numbers, widespread corruption and  crumbling public services are all manifestations of a system under strain.  Constitutional experts and political analysts have begun to portray India as an  entity with a reasonably functional brain at the centre but weak nerve lanes and  sinews to meaningfully connect to the periphery. This paper will argue that  India?s ambiguous stance on the models of self-rule and shared rule has  significantly contributed to a governance crisis severe enough to invite  characterizations of India as a ?flailing state?. 
TI  - India Between Scylla and Charybdis: Negotiating the Cliff of Federalism
Y1  - 2009///
T3  - Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics
AV  - public
ID  - heidok10010
ER  -