Michael Breen

Federalism, constitutional recognition and Indigenous Peoples: how a new identity-based state can be established in Australia

Michael G Breen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Journal of Political Science

The debate on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Peoples in Australia has highlighted the desire for meaningful responses to..

Moderating polarised positions on questions of national identity and sovereignty: Deliberative surveys on federalism in Myanmar

Michael G Breen, Baogang He

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Area Studies Review

Myanmar is in an important phase of its political transition. The opportunity for substantive federal reform, which is central to ..

Do People Really Want Ethnofederalism ANymore? Findings from Deliberative Surveys on the Role of Ethnic Identity in Federalism in Myanmar

Michael Breen, Baogang He

Book Chapter  |  2020

Paung Ku Forum (Platform to discuss and debate issues of development, civil society and aid in Myanmar)

Tamas Wells, Vanessa Lamb, Anne Decobert, Michael Breen

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Semer le fédéralisme au Népal et au Myanmar : du conflit ethnique à la gestion du risque sécessionniste

Michael Breen

Book Chapter  |  2020

Federal and Political Party Reforms in Asia: Is There a New Model of Federal Democracy Emerging in Ethnically Diverse Countries in Asia?

MG Breen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Government and Opposition

Abstract How do ethnically divided countries create inclusive and stable democratic institutions? Why do some kinds of federali..

Review of Elections in Nepal: Identifying the Politically Excluded Groups: A Study of the Parliamentary Election Results From 1991 to 2013 by Kåre Vollan

Michael Breen

Journal article  |  2019  |  HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

Asymmetry or Equality? Ethnic Nationalities in a Bamar-Dominated State. A Country Study of Constitutional Asymmetry in Myanmar

M Breen

Book Chapter  |  2019

The post-colonial state of Myanmar (then Burma) was born some 70 years ago following a deal between representatives of the majorit..

The Politics of Secular Federalism and the Federal Governance of Religious Diversity in Asia

Baogang He, Laura Allison-Reumann, Michael Breen

Journal article  |  2018  |  Federal Law Review

A secular approach has dominated federal studies, perhaps because there seems a natural fit between federalism and secularism. How..

The Road to Federalism in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka Finding the Middle Ground

MG Breen

Book  |  2018

Nations built on exclusion and assimilation, decades of civil war, widespread poverty, authoritarianism and the decline of democra..