Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia

What explains the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia? This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers ¿ specifically language, religion, and phenotype. By focusing on the interaction between these three ethnic markers, Liu and Ricks explore how overlap between these markers can affect whether a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation as unique group; or engages in a contentious and potentially violent relationship with the hegemon. The argument is tested through six case studies: (1) ethnic Lao in Thailand: integration; (2) ethnic Chinese in Thailand: integration; (3) ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: accommodation; (4) ethnic Malays in Singapore: accommodation; (5) ethnic Malays in Thailand: contention; and (6) ethnic Chinese in Indonesia: contention.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Ethnic Integration; 3. Ethnic Accommodation; 4. Ethnic Contention; 5. Conclusion.

Summary

This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers: language, religion, and phenotype. It focuses on the interaction between these markers, and how they affect if a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation; or engages in a contentious relationship with the hegemon.

Foreword

This Element disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers to explain the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Amy H. Liu, Amy H. (University of Texas Liu, Liu Amy H., Jacob I. Ricks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781108927796
• ISBN: 978-1-108-92779-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state