Constitution and conflict

Five years of local democracy in federal Nepal (2017–2022)

“…All levels of government in Nepal thus feature inclusiveness of some type in their structures and processes. The evolving empirical research on their efficacy, however, generates contentious evidence (Lawoti, 2008(Lawoti, , 2019, including some that are indicative of fostering exclusionary practices in Nepal (Acharya & Zafarullah, 2022).…”

Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

“…More succinctly, ethnic federalism has been defined as "a form of power sharing within a nation-state in which ethnically based regional sub-units are accorded a high degree of territorial autonomy" with the consideration that "when ethnic groups are more or less territorially concentrated, [...] the boundaries of sub-units can be drawn in such a way that each group, although a minority in the country as a whole, forms a local majority in at least one of the sub-units" (Turton, 2005, p.89). The literature on ethnic federalism usually focuses on case studies of specific countries including the former Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pakistan and South Sudan (Critchley, 1993;Lawoti, 2019;Denti, 2015;Khan, 2014;Zambakari, 2015). However, due to Ethiopia's unique approach to ethnic federalism, a great deal of the literature focuses on evaluating the case of Ethiopia specifically (Engedayehu, 1993;Vestal, 1999;Crummey, 2000;Nyong'o, 2002;Cohen, 2003;Mamdani, 2005;Walle, 2005;Aalen, 2006;Mengisteab, 2007).…”

Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

“…More succinctly, ethnic federalism has been defined as "a form of power sharing within a nation-state in which ethnically based regional sub-units are accorded a high degree of territorial autonomy" with the consideration that "when ethnic groups are more or less territorially concentrated, [...] the boundaries of sub-units can be drawn in such a way that each group, although a minority in the country as a whole, forms a local majority in at least one of the sub-units" (Turton, 2005, p.89). The literature on ethnic federalism usually focuses on case studies of specific countries including the former Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pakistan and South Sudan (Critchley, 1993;Lawoti, 2019;Denti, 2015;Khan, 2014;Zambakari, 2015). However, due to Ethiopia's unique approach to ethnic federalism, a great deal of the literature focuses on evaluating the case of Ethiopia specifically (Engedayehu, 1993;Vestal, 1999;Crummey, 2000;Nyong'o, 2002;Cohen, 2003;Mamdani, 2005;Walle, 2005;Aalen, 2006;Mengisteab, 2007).…”