ISBN:
0415433916
,
9780415433914
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 189 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Asian security studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Conflict and Cooperation in Multi-Ethnic States : Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Hegemony
;
Cultural pluralism
;
Ethnic conflict
;
Ethnic conflict Economic aspects
;
Ethnic conflict Political aspects
;
Asia Ethnic relations
;
Asia Politics and government
Abstract:
This book develops a model that explains how and why interethnic bargains between rival groups can erode given different institutional configurations
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Ethnic identity, economic power, and conflict; 2 Ethnic mythologies and formal institutions; 3 A theory of conflict and cooperation in counterbalanced states; 4 Fiji: a "nationalist iceberg" in the South Pacific; 5 Of ballots and tall grass: Malaysia's quasi-democracy and ethnic relations; 6 South Africa: Rainbow nation in Zimbabwe's shadow; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
