Ethnic Futures: The State and Identity Politics in Asia

by Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, Ashis Nandy, and Edmund Terence Gomez

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This book examines ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nepal and India. It looks at issues such as the unequal allocation and use of natural resources, discrepancies in the political and bureaucratic spheres, and problems of cultural identification and variations in employment opportunities. The authors also discuss language conflicts, the varying degrees of the politicization of ethnicity, and the effects of global and international discourse on local conflicts.
  • ISBN10 0761993606
  • ISBN13 9780761993605
  • Publish Date 1 December 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 October 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 212
  • Language English