The state, development, and identity in multi-ethnic societies ethnicity, equity, and the nation /

• Other Authors: Tarling, Nicholas., Gomez, Edmund Terence.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Routledge Malaysian studies series.
• Subjects: Ethnicity > Asia.; Minorities > Asia.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural. > Anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.; Electronic books.
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This book examines ethnic communities, identity, economy, society and state, and the links between them, in a range of countries across Asia, challenging the widely held belief that an authoritarian political system is necessary to ensure communal co-existence in developing countries where ethnic mi...

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: Modernization, democracy, equity and identity; 1 Ethnicity; 2 Inter-ethnic relations, business and identity: The Chinese in Britain and Malaysia; 3 Beyond reductionism: State, ethnicity and public policy in plural societies; 4 Ethnic identity formation: The case of second generation Chinese and Vietnamese in the United States; 5 A world on fire?: Some notes on Burma; 6 Hidden in plain view: Singapore's race and ethnicity policies