Outbursts of regional conflict within national boundaries have
characterized recent years. Sub-national states--including parts of
the Soviet Union, India, Canada, and Yugoslavia--dissatisfied with
their central governments, seek forms of independence to pursue
autonomous development paths. These region/state conflicts have
occurred in nations at all levels of development (Canada and
Indonesia, France and Papua New Guinea), under diverse economic
systems (the USSR and Canada, Yugoslavia and Spain), and across
political systems (federations such as India and unitary states
such as Italy). Bookman's study develops methods whereby both state
and region can evaluate the region's potential to sustain economic
growth autonomously--filling the gap in current perceptions of
inter-regional relations. Bookman introduces the concept of
discontinuous development to facilitate the analysis of
sub-national regions that have varying levels of development. The
volume's emphasis on high-income regions within both agricultural
and industrial nations and on the economic basis of conflict makes
it a unique contribution that assesses the viability of regions as
autonomous entities. The major part of the volume studies empirical
evidence from India and Yugoslavia, especially timely in light of
present ethnic and religious conflicts in both countries.
The volume is divided into three sections: Foundations;
Discontinuous Development and Inter-regional Conflict; and
Empirical Evidence from India and Yugoslavia. The first section
presents a theoretical framework for issues internal to regions, as
well as regions relative to the nation. It also outlines four ways
of studying inter-regional conflict which are explored in the
empirical chapters. Part 2 analyzes eight high-income regions
characterized by discontinuous development and relates their
experiences to the four hypotheses presented earlier. The last
section contains empirical chapters testing the model in the
context of India and Yugoslavia. The final chapter contains a full
discussion of the hypotheses pertaining to secession, and offers
some suggestions concerning the possibilities of secession as the
outcome of inter-regional conflict. The explosive consequences of
recent trends make it imperative that scholars in development
economics, political economy, political science, and macroeconomics
as well as policy makers comprehend the inter-regional economic and
political relationships behind these conflicts.
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