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Title:

State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia / edited by Sunil Kukreja.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xv, 180 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Minorities--Government policy--South Asia.
Minorities--Government policy--Southeast Asia.
Religious minorities--Government policy--South Asia.
Religious minorities--Government policy--Southeast Asia.
Social conflict--South Asia.
Social conflict--Southeast Asia.
Acculturation--Political aspects--South Asia.
Acculturation--Political aspects--Southeast Asia.
South Asia--Ethnic relations.
Southeast Asia--Ethnic relations.
Minorités religieuses--Politique gouvernementale--Asie méridionale.
Minorités religieuses--Politique gouvernementale--Asie du Sud-Est.
Asie du Sud-Est--Relations interethniques.
89.41 internal relations of the state with separate groups.
Acculturation--Political aspects.
Ethnic relations.
Minorities--Government policy.
Social conflict.
South Asia.
Southeast Asia.
Religiöse Minderheit
Nationale Minderheit
Minderheitenfrage
Südasien
Südostasien
Zuidoost-Azië.

Other Authors:

Kukreja, Sunil, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Map of South and Southeast Asia -- Memory, history, and landscape : ethnic Hazaras' understanding of marginality in Bamyan, Afghanistan / Melissa Kerr Chiovenda -- Sri Lanka after the war : reconciliation vs marginalization / Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam -- Internal displacement of Kashmiri Pandits / Sudha G. Rajput -- Ethnic cleansing : the neglected case of the Hindus of Bangladesh / Richard L. Benkin -- Orientation and citizenship status of the Indonesian Chinese and political implications / Taufiq Tanasaldy -- The politics of ethnic marginalization and foreign policy in Malaysia / Amy L. Freedman -- The ethnic Chinese in Cambodia's pre-war economy / Peter J. Hammer -- Justice and rights in the Malay Muslim south of Thailand / Thanet Aphornsuvan.

Summary:

"This book provides a multidisciplinary and multilayered assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities of shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. Featuring chapters on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, it offers a deep appreciation of the challenges that these societies confront in integrating and/or responding to specific ethnic- and/or religious-based conflicts and tensions"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1498517048
9781498517041
0739188909
9780739188903

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900594734

LCCN:

2015005823

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)