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 problematique 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...
| Други автори: | Manchanda, Rita. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=340344 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
States in conflict with their minorities. |
| Резюме: |
Going beyond the mere mapping of the minority situation in South Asia, the essays in this volume explore the modern minority problematique 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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 319 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9788132105985 8132105982 |