Yash Pal Ghai
Biographic Data
| ID | 5528690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yash Pal Ghai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yash Pal |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghai |
| SIGNATURE | GHAI Y P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Constitution That Never Was
The authors take the view that the draft constitution prepared by the Fiji Constitution Commission in 2012, but rejected by the government in favour of the government-drafted 2013 document, deserves not to be ignored. They show how it was developed, including how it responded to the issues that mattered to Fijians at the time, and how it dealt with the non-negotiable requirements laid down by the Bainimarama regime. The article also indicates the…
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa
There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians, anthropologists and political scientists as well as development economists, this book questions whether ethnicity is the most useful organising principle …
Decentralization and the Accommodation of Ethnic Diversity
Decentralization typically refers to various forms of territorial devolution or delegation of political and administrative power (‘spatial decentralization’) (for a recent study see Hannum, 1990). The best known of these is federalism, which gives a high degree of constitutional protection to the constituent units, but less extensive or legally secure arrangements for delegation or transfer of power are more common. Another form of decentralizati…
The Constitution That Never Was
The authors take the view that the draft constitution prepared by the Fiji Constitution Commission in 2012, but rejected by the government in favour of the government-drafted 2013 document, deserves not to be ignored. They show how it was developed, including how it responded to the issues that mattered to Fijians at the time, and how it dealt with the non-negotiable requirements laid down by the Bainimarama regime. The article also indicates the…
Decentralization and the Accommodation of Ethnic Diversity
Decentralization typically refers to various forms of territorial devolution or delegation of political and administrative power (‘spatial decentralization’) (for a recent study see Hannum, 1990). The best known of these is federalism, which gives a high degree of constitutional protection to the constituent units, but less extensive or legally secure arrangements for delegation or transfer of power are more common. Another form of decentralizati…
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa
There is growing consensus in the development economics literature that ethnic diversity is a very significant factor in explaining Africa's poor economic performance. Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing on the insights of historians, anthropologists and political scientists as well as development economists, this book questions whether ethnicity is the most useful organising principle …
The Constitution That Never Was
The authors take the view that the draft constitution prepared by the Fiji Constitution Commission in 2012, but rejected by the government in favour of the government-drafted 2013 document, deserves not to be ignored. They show how it was developed, including how it responded to the issues that mattered to Fijians at the time, and how it dealt with the non-negotiable requirements laid down by the Bainimarama regime. The article also indicates the…
Ethnic group (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Diversity (politics) (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accommodation (1 work) · Africa (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work)