Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government: The Case of Tibet - Chinese and Comparative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367024161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 322 str.

Roberto Toniatti; Jens Woelk

Opis

Multinational Integration, Cultural Identity and Regional Self-Government assesses the current state of the international theory and practice of autonomy in order to pursue the possibility for regional self-government in Tibet.

Spis treści

Introduction Neither Panacea, nor Pandora’s Box: Comparing Autonomy with a View on Tibet and China Jens Woelk Part I Differentiated Territorial Government in China: Potential for Tibet? 1. Foreign Influence and Constitutionalism in the PRC: A Western Perspective on Change and Uncertainty in Contemporary Chinese Legal Culture John W. Head 2. The Rule of Law in China: Fundamental Uncertainties. About Decoding a Fundamental Concept John W. Head 3. Dilemmas of Genuine Autonomy for Tibet Yash Ghai 4. Chinese Policies on Regional Self-Government: The Case of Tibet Michael C. Davis 5. The Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People: An Explanatory Introduction to the Tibetan Proposal Michael C. Van Walt van Praag Part II Practice of Regional Autonomy: Experiences Compared 6. From Compromise to Compact? Working Autonomy in South Tyrol Jens Woelk 7. Asymmetric Regionalism in Spain: Catalonia and the Basque Country Rafael Bustos Gisbert 8. Devolution and Devolution Plus: Anti-foundationalist Foundations for Constitutionalism John Morison 9. Can Quebec’s Relative Autonomy within Canada be a Template for Tibet? Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens 10. The Autonomy of Aceh Hans-Joachim Heintze 11. Sometimes Guns Are the Answer. The Path to Autonomy in Tibet, Burma, and South Sudan David C. Williams 12. Territorial Autonomy in India Thomas Benedikter 13. Is Malaysian Federalism a Good or a Warning Example for Solving the China/Tibet Issue? A Brief Inquiry into a Half-Century Experiment in Asymmetric Federalism Andrew Harding Concluding Observations One Country, Three Systems: The Tibetan Quest for Genuine Autonomy Between European Experiences and Asian Perspectives Roberto Toniatti

O autorze

Roberto Toniatti