James Bryce's analysis of American federalism made it possible for the Australian founders to reproduce federal institutions on the American model without replicating the republican and empirical ideas that underpinned them in the United States Constitution. Bryce's account in The American...

On 1 January 2001, Australia celebrated the centenary of its federal Constitution. Throughout its history, the Australian federal system has proved both resilient and flexible, serving the Commonwealth through the trials of depression, total war, imperial decline, and economic reconstruction....

Since the massive violence in the 1990s, Rwanda and Burundi have moved in two very different directions in terms of peace and state building. Rwanda is following a path of social engineering, creating a radically new national identity with a new citizenry in order to break with what is perceived...

This working paper explores the changing roles of Diasporas in post-conflict Burundi in terms of contributing to development, reconciliation and peace building. Burundi is in a state of post-conflict recovery after decades of civil war and widespread ethnic violence. Due to repressive regimes...

In recent years there has been a revival of Islam in Zanzibar, with heated debates about the nature of Islam and its role in society (Lodhi and Westerlund 1997, Gilsaa 2006). While Islam played a central role in society until independence in 1963, it was effectively removed from the public...

Since the massive violence in the 1990s, Rwanda and Burundi have moved in two very different directions in terms of peace and state building. Rwanda is following a path of social engineering, creating a radically new national identity with a new citizenry in order to break with what is perceived...