Bulletin n. 0/2004
December 2004
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
  • Scott Radnitz
    Working with the warlords: designing an ethnofederal system for Afghanistan
    in Regional and Federal Studies , Volume 14, Number 4 / Winter ,  2004 ,  513-537
    This article asks what type of ethno-federal system would best suit a post-Taliban Afghanistan. It surveys Nigeria and India to extract lessons for Afghanistan in terms of geographic divisions, representation and rules. It argues that aspects of both systems can be used, such as creating cross-cutting cleavages, granting large ethnic groups majority status in several regions, and generating incentives for interethnic cooperation at the national level. Although arguing that Afghanistan could function well under a federal system, it also identifies several problems distinct to Afghanistan, such as the need to co-opt local leaders and ensure power-sharing among ethnic groups.
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