State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia

This book provides a multidisciplinary assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities of shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. 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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Memory, History, and Landscape: Ethnic Hazaras' Understanding of Marginality in Bamyan, Afghanistan, Melissa Kerr Chiovenda
Chapter 2: Sri Lanka After the War: Reconciliation vs Marginalization, Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam
Chapter 3: Internal Displacement of Kashmiri Pandits, Sudha G. Rajput
Chapter 4: Ethnic Cleansing: The Neglected Case of the Hindus of Bangladesh, Richard L. Benkin
Chapter 5: Orientation and Citizenship Status of the Indonesian Chinese and Political Implications, Taufiq Tanasaldy
Chapter 6: The Politics of Ethnic Marginalization and Foreign Policy in Malaysia, Amy L. Freedman
Chapter 7: The Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia's Pre-War Economy, Peter J. Hammer
Chapter 8: Justice and Rights in the Malay Muslim South of Thailand, Thanet Aphornsuvan

About the author

Sunil Kukreja is professor of sociology and member of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Puget Sound.

Summary

This book provides a multidisciplinary assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities of shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sunil Kukreja
• Assisted by: Sunil Kukreja (Editor), Kukreja Sunil (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781498517041
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1704-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, South East Asia, Politics & government, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies