Federalism in South Asia Venue: Room 203 | Luce Hall | 34 Hillhouse Avenue
FRIDAY – April 26, 2019
Welcome and Opening Remarks (1:45–2pm) — Steven Wilkinson, Yale University
Panel 1: Federalism in Pakistan (2- 3:30pm) (Chair: Donald L. Horowitz)
Niloufer Siddiqui (SUNY-Albany), Conflict in Pakistan’s Provinces (2-2:20pm)
Maryam Khan (Wisconsin), Political Origins of Pakistan’s Federal Constitution (1973) (2:20- 2:40pm)
Asad Liaqat (Harvard), Support for Decentralization and New Provinces in the Pakistani Federation (2:40-3pm) Discussion: 3-3:30pm
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SATURDAY, April 27, 2019 Breakfast (8:00–9:00am) – Luce Hall Common Room
Panel 2: Federalism and Party Politics in India (9-10:30am) (Chair: Steven Wilkinson)
K.K. Kailash (Hyderabad), Federalization of Political System in India (9-9:20am)
Gareth Nellis (UCSD), India’s federal party system (9:20-9:40am)
Discussion 10-10:30am
Panel 3: Federalism and Inequality (10:45-12:15pm) (Chair: Emily Sellars)
Rahul Mukherji (Heidelberg), Federalism and Anti-Poverty Measures: MNREGA in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh (co-authors: Hossein Zarhani, Himanshu Jha) (10:45-11:05am)
Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale), Federalism, decentralization and the Politics of Poison: Elite Capture of Clean Water in Bangladesh (11:05-11:25am)
Pavithra Suryanarayan (JHU SAIS), The historical roots of state inequality in India (11:25- 11:45am)
Discussion 11:45-12:15pm
Panel 4: Federalism and Inequality (1:15-2:10pm) (Chair: Bethany Lacina)
Rakesh Basant (IIMA) Federalism and Inequality: India’s Minorities (1:15-1:35pm)
Gautam Nair (Yale) Federalism and Freebies: The political logic of inefficient state transfers (1:35-1:55pm)
Discussion: 1:55-2:15pm
Panel 5: Fiscal Federalism in India (2:30-4pm) (Chair: Katharine Adeney)
Rakesh Mohan, (2:30-3pm)
Arvind Subramanian (3-3:30pm)
Discussion: 3:30-4pm
Panel 6: Federalism and Conflict Resolution (4-5pm) (Chair: Steven Wilkinson)
Katharine Adeney (Nottingham), Federalism and Conflict (4-4:20pm)
Bethany Lacina (Rochester), Federalism in South Asia and the North East (4:20:4:40pm)
Discussion: 4:40-5pm
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SUNDAY, April 28 Breakfast (9.00-9:30am) – Luce Hall Common Room
Panel 7: Federalism and its problems (9:30-11AM) (Chair: Bethany Lacina)
Donald Horowitz (Duke), Devolutions: Its Functions and Frictions (9:30-9:50am)
Arijit Sen (Brown), Federalism in Assam (9:50-10:10am)
Binalakshmi Nepram (CT College), Federalism in Manipur (10:10-10:30am)
Discussion: 10:30-11am
Panel 8: Federalism and Constitution (11:15-12:35pm) (Chair: David Engerman)
Devesh Kapur, Federalism and the Indian State (with Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Arvind Subramanian) (11:55-12:15pm)
Rohit De, India’s federal constitution (12:15-12:35pm)
Discussion: 12:35-12:55pm