Regional autonomy is the term for the decentralization of governance to outlying regions. Recent examples of disputes over autonomy include:

• The Basque region of Spain
• The Catalonian region of Spain
• The disputes over autonomy of provinces in Indonesia.

Current examples of autonomous regions include the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China and the Cherokee Nation in the United States.

[edit] External links

• Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: How to Make Decentralization Work

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