| State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia Contributor(s): Kukreja, Sunil (Editor), Aphornsuvan, Thanet (Contribution by), Benkin, Richard L. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1498517048 ISBN-13: 9781498517041 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $57.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Asia - Central Asia - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 305.009 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories. As the recent experiences of rapid and transformative political and economic changes in several countries in these two regions illustrate, these changes have significant bearing on and are simultaneously affected by the legacy and continued dynamic of dominant-minority group relations. To be sure, while the dynamics of dominant-minority relations in each country are distinct and often mitigated by distinct historical conditions, the phenomenon of these dominant-minority relations, especially along ethnic and religious fault lines, are deeply consequential to many of the nations in these regions. This book, featuring eight case studies, provides a multidisciplinary and multi-layered assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities in shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. Featuring chapters on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, this volume provides 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. |