States in conflict with their minorities :: challenges to minority rights in South Asia /

Going beyond the mere mapping of the minority situation in South Asia, the essays in this volume explore the modern minority problématique in a democracy as integral to modern state-making processes, recognizing Nation and State as majoritarian concepts. Focusing on the South Asian context, they em...

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Weitere Verfasser: Manchanda, Rita
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Going beyond the mere mapping of the minority situation in South Asia, the essays in this volume explore the modern minority problématique in a democracy as integral to modern state-making processes, recognizing Nation and State as majoritarian concepts. Focusing on the South Asian context, they emphasize minority as a political category. Further, they move away from isolated national frames and explore the minority question as a foreign policy question. These second generation studies by authors who have defined the scholarly discourse on minority rights in the region invite comparativ.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 319 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132105985
8132105982

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