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1 online resource (x, 319 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Violence, Cultural Diversities and the Fantasies of a Monolithic Nation-State; 3 -- A Long-term View of Contemporary Muslim Situation in India; 4 -- Media, Modernity and Minorities; 5 -- Hindus in a Polarized Political Environment: Bangladesh's Minority; 6 -- Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh: Justice Denied; 7 -- Discrimination in Pakistan against Religious Minorities: Constitutional Aspects; 8 -- Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Mapping Sind and Baluchistan. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Minorities -- Political activity -- South Asia.
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Minorities -- Political activity. |
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South Asia. |
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South Asia -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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Race relations. |
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South Asia -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Manchanda, Rita.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: States in conflict with their minorities. New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010 9788132104551 (DLC) 2010018996 (OCoLC)613646617 |
| ISBN |
9788132105985 (electronic book) |
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8132105982 (electronic book) |
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9788132104551 (hard back) |
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