Autonomy and Armed Separatism in South and Southeast Asia

Contents

Contents Acknowledgements ix About the Contributors xiii 1. The Problem of Armed Separatism: Is Autonomy the Answer? 1 Michelle Ann Miller 2. Mediated Constitutionality as a Solution to Separatism 16 Damien Kingsbury 3. Self-Governance as a Framework for Conflict Resolution 36 in Aceh Michelle Ann Miller 4. Autonomy and Armed Separatism in Papua: Why the 59 Cendrawasih Continues to Fear the Garuda Bilveer Singh 5. The Parallels and the Paradox of Timor-Leste and Western 77 Sahara Adérito de Jesus Soares 6. Between Violence and Negotiation: Rethinking the 93 Indonesian Occupation and the East Timorese Resistance Douglas Kammen 7. Struggle over Space in Myanmar: Expanding State 113 Territoriality after the Kachin Ceasefire Karin Dean viii Contents 8. Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict: The Autonomy-Separation 136 Dialectic Jayadeva Uyangoda 9. Unitarianism, Separatism and Federalism: Competing Goals 162 and Problems of Compromise in Sri Lanka P. Sahadevan 10. Autonomy and Armed Separatism in Jammu and Kashmir 177 Bibhu Prasad Routray 11. Armed Conflicts and Movements for Autonomy in India’s 196 Northeast Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 12. Southern Thailand: The Trouble with Autonomy 217 Duncan McCargo 13. The Last Holdout of an Integrated State: A Century of 235 Resistance to State Penetration in Southern Thailand Thomas Parks 14. Interlocking Autonomy: Manila and Muslim Mindanao 256 Steven Rood 15. History, Demography and Factionalism: Obstacles to Conflict 278 Resolution through Autonomy in the Southern Philippines Ronald J. May 16. Conclusion 296 Michelle Ann Miller Index 305 ...