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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Manchanda, Rita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010.
Temas:
Minorities > Political activity > South Asia.
Minorités > Activité politique > Asie méridionale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Minorities > Political activity.
Politics and government.
Race relations > Political aspects.
South Asia > Race relations > Political aspects.
South Asia > Politics and government.
South Asia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 319 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9788132105985
8132105982

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