We
introduced the EGALITARIAN SHARED SOVEREIGNTY last time. Today we present
some key elements related to Kashmir. Next time both are combined (the
EGALITARIAN SHARED SOVEREIGNTY and the elements below) to offer a potential
ideal solution to Kashmir.
There are several agents in this
particular dispute with various features in terms of population and therefore,
there are undoubtedly several differences amongst them. In what follows, some
of these differences will be used to show how the egalitarian shared
sovereignty works.
For example, India presents the largest of the three
populations with 1,210,854,977 people (Census India 2011) and the biggest economy with a nominal
GDP per capita of 1,617 (International Monetary Fund estimates for 2015–in
U$S dollars).
Meanwhile,
Pakistan has a population of 132,352,279 people (Census Pakistan 1998;
the only official figure so far) with a nominal GDP per capita of 1,450
(International
Monetary Fund estimates for 2015–in U$S dollars).
Jammu and Kashmir showed a total of
12,541,302 people [Figure and
percentages referred to the state of Jammu and Kashmir that includes Kashmir,
Jammu, and Ladakh (Census India 2011)]
with no official figures with regard to their GDP per capita (there is no International Monetary Fund
estimate for Jammu and Kashmir).
By
combining these figures features, it is easy to see that India is both larger
in terms of population and nominal GDP per capita in comparison to Pakistan,
and this offers a difference in this conflict that can help to achieve a
solution. That is because in relation to the inhabitants of both parts of
Kashmir (under Indian and Pakistani administration), although they do think the
dispute is important for them personally, for a very large majority the main
concerns are other issues. Unemployment, government corruption, poor economic
development, human rights abuses are what the Kashmiris are really interested
in.
NOTE: based on Chapter 7, Núñez, Jorge Emilio. 2017.
Sovereignty Conflicts and International Law and Politics: A Distributive
Justice Issue. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
19th March 2018
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