Considering history from the British colonialism era, analyzing data from the Indian independence years to now, and drawing from various case studies of autonomy demands in India, Lacina, in her book, Rival Claims, relates the political decision of the central ruling coalition to its political and electoral future.  Her work incorporates a quantitative model as well as literary and firsthand sources supporting the claim; ethnoterritorial conflict is based on the political representation of regional groups in the central government. Some case studies include that of Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Khalistan,  Maharashtra, and Nagaland.

Mukesh Bastola

Symbolism, a term that encompasses identity, language, culture, and other non-materialistic values of belonging, is often not given much consideration while talking about territorial autonomy but can often have a heavy weightage in majority acts of hostility and minority acts of secession. In the Symbolic State, Karlo Basta makes the claim that secession crises are more likely to occur when the symbolic demands of minorities are not met as compared to materialistic demands. He presents case studies from Canada, former Yugoslavia, Spain, and the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and uses flow charts which makes his book easy to follow and enjoyable.

Nug Chettri

The book aims to understand the fiscal relationships between federal entities and subnational regions. Divided into four parts, the book is a compilation of comparative essays crafted by different authors that mainly focus on the dimensions of fiscal, tax, and budgetary autonomy, as well as territorial distribution and interregional equalization of many autonomous regions of the world, each diving into their own field of specialization. The essays mainly focus on sub-state nationalism and plurinational federalism, highlighting the specific cases of Catalonia, Quebec, Indigenous Peoples, Scotland, and Western Australia. 

Petrus Lima

The questions and thought processes that led to the authoring of this book were: “Which political party can lay claim to having done more than any other to fight for a distinctive Welsh identity? Can one party claim to have done more to make Wales a separate political concept both from Westminster and within Wales itself?”. The book tackles these inquiries by providing a chronological, historical narrative of the battle for recognition, devolution, and the defining of the Welsh nation. 

Emilio Martinez

“La autonomía a debate. Autogobierno indígena y Estado plurinacional en América Latina” by Miguel González, Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor y Pablo Ortiz-T, results in a compilation of works with the aim of discussing definitions, content, case studies and autonomous scenarios. The essays address the issue of territorial autonomy from the perspective of the “cultural subject.” 

The book, divided into six sections, provides a thorough overview of the idea and praxis of indigenous autonomies throughout Latin America based on the reality of the social, political, and law frameworks in Latin America. This book provides great insight into the study of autonomy belonging to indigenous communities, focused on different fields from philosophy, political science, history, sociology, and law. 

Isabela Moro

What is identity? How have historical events affected Okinawan identity and its transformation? This book is trying to answer those questions by elaborating difficult situations that Okinawans have been put in, and how they have reacted to the uniqueness as living in one region annexed to Japan. Since 70% of the US military bases in Japan are located in Okinawa, people in Okinawa have struggled with many base-related issues, such as heinous crimes committed by service members, environmental destruction, and helicopter clashes on the ground. Okinawans have resisted the bases and claimed the elimination of them for many years. However, the economic benefits that they can gain by accepting bases have always made the situation controversial and complex. Okinawan identity started to be split into half, which are "We are Okinawans" and "We are Okinawans but of a different kind." This book gives me an overview of the creation of complex identities influenced by political issues and various factors in the era of globalization. 

Haruka Nakata

Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic examines three regions of Inuit territorial autonomy in the north of Canada. By applying the frameworks of nested federalism, multilevel governance, and historical institutionalism, Wilson, Alcantara, and Rodon attempt to create an understanding of the creation and sustainability of Inuit autonomous regions. Through analysis of Canadian history and political institutions, they outline the groundwork for the conditions under which Indigenous autonomy exists.

Through analysis of institutional architecture, Wilson, Alcantara, and Rodon look at the ways that autonomous Inuit regions manage policy on housing, education, and resource development. By analyzing the ways that territorial autonomy came about and how it is sustained in the regions of Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, the authors create a roadmap for the success and failures of Indigenous autonomy in Canada. Nested Federalism and Inuit Governance in the Canadian Arctic thoroughly examines the state of Canadian federalism and its attempts to create meaningful Inuit self-governance.

Keito Newman

Standing distinct from other contemporary works that mainly gloss over non-democratic, non-Western forms of autonomy, Territoriality, Asymmetry, and Autonomy, addresses the controversies yet not denying the legitimacy of Chinese authoritarian autonomous regions, instead providing us a new perspective on where divergences from the original model of territorial autonomy work in preserving the people’s or ethnic groups’ special political demands and, where they fail to grant true democracy and autonomous policy-making. Case studies include: Catalonia (Spain), Corsica (France), Hong Kong (China), and Tibet (China). 

Hoa Nguyen

The book analyzes and reports why the education level in Wales dropped sharply after the devolution. The author focuses not only on the factual events and their effects but also on the motivations and beliefs of two former Education Ministers, Jane Davidson, and Leighton Andrews, appointed in 2000 and 2009, respectively. The book explains how the initiatives and the changes brought by Davidson after the devolution did not elevate children’s academic skills and how Davidson tried and failed to recover the loss they incurred because of the former Education Minister. 

Hiromi Nitaguchi

Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts is an edited volume that explores the disintegrative and integrative effects of asymmetrical autonomy - while the former is a common critique used to discount autonomy as an option, examples of the latter may work to legitimize it. It also investigates the challenges around settlements employing asymmetric autonomy, and how those challenges have been overcome, if they have been. Some case studies in the volume include Somaliland and Puntland (Somalia); Québec (Canada); Wales, North Ireland, and Scotland (UK); Hong Kong (China); and South Ossetia (Georgia). 

Mira Peregud

Multiple authors contributed to Minority Self-Government in Europe and the Middle East: From Theory to Practice. These authors are professors worldwide specializing in different autonomy-related fields, such as political science, international studies, and international laws. Since multiple authors contribute to the book, it provides a diverse lens on self-governance, such as external self-determination, internal self-determination, and existing autonomous cases. Minority Self-Government in Europe and the Middle East: From Theory to Practice presented case studies of existing and novel models in the field and analysis of successful autonomous regions in Europe and the Middle East. The book has no thesis statement since it is comprised of different journals and reports written by various scholars. The primary purpose, though, is to provide insights into autonomous governance through varying levels of evaluation.

Hoa Tran Yamamoto