Multiculturalism in Asia [Paperback]

This volume assembles a group of leading regional experts to formulate the first rigorous and comprehensive consideration of multiculturalism debates in South and East Asia. Through close examination of pre-colonial traditions, colonial legacies, and post-colonial ideologies, this volume sheds new light on religious and ethnic conflict in the area, and presents a ground-breaking assessment of what role--if any --the international community should play in promoting multiculturalism.


1. Introduction,Baogang He and Will Kymlicka
2. Liberal Multiculturalism: Western Models, Global Trends, and Asian Debates,Will Kymlicka
3. Minority Rights with Chinese Characteristics,Baogang He
4. A Liberal Model of Minority Rights for an Illiberal Multi-ethnic State? The Case of Laos,Vatthana Pholsena
5. The Paradox of Recognition: The Case of 'Hill Tribes' in Thailand,Mika Toyota
6. Ethnic Accommodation in Malaysia,N. Ganesan
7. Region, Religion, and Ethnicity in Indonesia,John Bowen
8. The Cost of Membership in Ascribed Community: The Singapore Model,Beng Huat Chua
9. National Citizenship and Migrant Workers in East Asia,Daniel A. Bell and Nicola Piper
10. At the Margins of a Liberal-Democratic State and Illiberal Society: Ethnic Minorities in Japan,Peng Er Lam
11. Multination Federalism and Minority Rights in Sri Lanka,Rohan Edrisinha
12. Burma/Myanmar: Struggle for Democracy and Ethnic Rights,Alan Smith
13. Indian Exceptionalism or Indian Model: Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in a Democratic Nation-State,Gurpreet Mahahan
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