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

 The Basque region of Spain
 The Catalan region of Spain
 The disputes over autonomy of provinces in Indonesia.
 The disputes over autonomy of region of Gilgit-Baltistan. 
 The disputes over autonomy of provinces in Sri Lanka.

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

External links
Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: How to Make Decentralization Work