eprintid: 10010
rev_number: 48
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/00/10
datestamp: 2009-11-11 14:16:27
lastmod: 2012-08-15 08:50:33
status_changed: 2012-08-15 08:50:33
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Hönig, Patrick
title: India Between Scylla and Charybdis: Negotiating the Cliff of Federalism
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-320
divisions: i-702000
cterms_swd: Federalism
cterms_swd: Governance
cterms_swd: Failing State
cterms_swd: Identity
abstract: 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’. 
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2009
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00010010
portal_cluster_id: p-hdpaper
portal_order: 50
ppn_swb: 1648501168
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-100105
language: eng
bibsort: HONIGPATRIINDIABETWE2009
full_text_status: public
series: Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics
volume: 50
isbn: 1617-5069
issn: 1617-5069
citation:   Hönig, Patrick  (2009) India Between Scylla and Charybdis: Negotiating the Cliff of Federalism.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/10010/1/HPSACP_Hoenig.pdf