The Political Economy of Punjab: Creating Space for Sikh Militancy

Telford, Hamish

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“…The accord referred all issues relating to autonomy of the state to several commissions. The accord, however, was never fully implemented by the central government (Telford 1992). Death toll due to violence rose from 1,333 in 19871,333 in to 5,265 in 19911,333 in and tapered to 871 in 19931,333 in .…”

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Impact of Terrorism on Investment Decisions of Farmers

Singh

2013

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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This article provides evidence for a particular channel through which sustained terrorism in rural areas may affect growth in developing countries. Using micro-level data from agricultural surveys during the period of insurgency in Punjab (India), I find significant negative effects of terrorism on the level of investment in long-term agricultural technology, but effects are small and insignificant for short-term investment. The presence of a major terrorist incident in a district in a year reduces long-term fixed investment by around 17 percent after controlling for district fixed-effects, time trends, district trends, and other farm-level controls. These negative effects are greater for richer farmers and those living in bordering districts. This results in a farmer losing close to 4 percent of his income annually because of the insurgency.In the past few years, there has been a growing interest in the micro-level approach to studying consequences of violent conflict. The empirical literature that was earlier limited to cross-sectional results has now taken strides into case studies and

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Impact of Terrorism on Investment Decisions of Farmers

Singh

2013

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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“…19 Hamish Teleford has analyzed Punjab's political economy and argues that Sikh militancy can be explained because of the disparity in development between different regions within Punjab. 20 The type of description and analysis previously discussed has significant explanatory value, but limited predictive use.…”

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Back to the Future in 2002?: A Model of Sikh Separatism in Punjab

Chima¹

2002

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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“…Without any elaboration as to which institution or mechanism, the declaration of emergency likely brings the country to be driven into a personalized rule of government that overrides constitutionalism. However, the following effects of the state of emergency proclaimed in 1975 was the continuing protest to save democracy by the Sikhmajority party the Akali Dal whose over 40.000 members were arrested as the evidence indicated that such group opposed Indira Gandhi (Telford, 1992) To this end, the contention continued, and Bluestar operation was ordered by Indira Gandhi in June 1984. This operation was the government's military mission to establish control over the Golden Temple in Amritsar as a means to dismiss Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and any members of religious radical armed from the complex (Telford, 1992, p. 984).…”

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Presidential Power’s Limitation to Emergency Provisions in Indonesia

Jayus

Ulum

2020

JCH

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After the demise of Suharto’s regime, Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution was successfully revised from 1999 to 2002. This period of constitutional revision added emphasis to avoid authoritarian administrations such as those experienced during the times of Sukarno and Suharto; consequently, the constitution was re-designed to limit the powers of the government. This article examines the trajectory of constitutional practices in the post-constitutional revision by taking into account emergency provisions exemplifying the new challenges of democratization in contemporary Indonesia. Currently, emergency provisions are amongst the unamended norms in the 1999-2002 agenda of constitutional revision. As a consequence, authoritarianism threatens the future of liberal democracy in Indonesia, especially the enjoyment of civil and political rights. Hence, this analysis elucidates the extent to which the deficit is inherent to Indonesia’s revised constitution on emergency laws and how this deficit threatens the design of liberal constitutionalism. Selected cases were collected to illustrate how Indonesia’s current constitution is reflected, articulated, debated, and negotiated toward the idea of legally limited powers. The deficits have resulted in two major adverse impacts; first, the ambiguous provisions on emergency laws prevail as they are mentioned in Articles 12 and 22 of the 1945 Constitution; second, the President’s monopoly on the power to issue emergency laws is a result of the absence of limitations outlined in the constitution. While the monopoly of such a power is often utilized by the government under the backdrop of constitutional legitimacy, there is possible effort to eschew potential authoritarianism to add the constitutional restraint to presidential powers in the agenda of constitutional revision.

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The Political Economy of Punjab: Creating Space for Sikh Militancy

Cited by 23 publications

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Impact of Terrorism on Investment Decisions of Farmers

Impact of Terrorism on Investment Decisions of Farmers

Back to the Future in 2002?: A Model of Sikh Separatism in Punjab

Presidential Power’s Limitation to Emergency Provisions in Indonesia

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