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Title State, society, and minorities in South and Southeast Asia / edited by Sunil Kukreja.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
2015

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations, map
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kukreja, Sunil, editor.
Other Form: Print version: State, society, and minorities in South and Southeast Asia. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
ISBN 9780739188903 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780739188910 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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