The State and Ethnic Politics in SouthEast Asia

ISBN-13: 9780415049931 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 376 str.

David Browm; David B. Brown;Brown David

Opis

This text provides discussions of ethnic politics in Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, offering an interpretation of the nature of ethnic consciouness and the causes of ethnic tensions.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Ethnicity and the state 2 The ethnocratic state and ethnic separatism in Burma 3 Ethnicity and corporatism in Singapore 4 Neo-patrimonialism and national integration in Indonesia 5 Internal colonialism and ethnic rebellion in Thailand 6 Class, state and ethnic politics in Peninsular Malaysia 7 Ethnicity, nationalism and democracy

O autorze

David Brown is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Murdoch's University, Australia