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List of contents
Part 1: Theoretical Approaches 1. Introduction- Atavism, Ingigenism and Nations of Intent 2. The Construction of Ethnic Minority Nationalisms 3. Contested Identities and Sovereignties on our Political Map Part 2: Burma 4. Burma: A State in Name and not in Fact 5. Displacement and Uncertain Futures: The Internally Displaced Karenni 6. A Nation of Intent: Karen Ethno-nationalism, Nationalisms and Narrations of Nation Part 3: Indonesia 7. The Making and Unmaking of Indonesia 8. Revitalising Custom, Reasserting Sovereignty: Indonesia's Customary Society Movement 9. Constructions of Christian-Muslim Conflist in Ambon 10. Sovereignty, Successor States and Universal Human Rights: The International Structuring of Acehenese Nationalism Part 4: East Timor 11. Reinventing Independent East Timor Lorosae Part 5: The Philippines 12. Saints, Scholars and the Idealised Past in Philippine Muslim Separatism Part 6: Thailand 13. Irredentists or Separatists? Malay-Muslims in South Thailand Part 7: Laos An Imagined Hmong Nation
Summary
Using a mutidisciplinary approach, this enlightening book brings together political scientists, anthropologists, geographers and sociologists, who provide an analysis of separatist and autonomy movements in Burma, Indonesia, East Timor, Thailand and Laos. Through an examination of these movements, Political Fragmentation in Southeast Asia compares the way they structure their ideologies, tracing how they emerged and highlighting the ways in which these movements gained their strengths.
