Edmund Terence Gomez / Nicholas Tarling (eds.)

Gebundenes Buch

The State, Development and Identity in Multi-Ethnic Societies

Ethnicity, Equity and the Nation

Herausgeber: Tarling, Nicholas; Gomez, Terence

Beschreibung

This book examines ethnic communities, identity, economy, society and state, and the links between them, in a range of countries across Asia, challenging the widely held belief that an authoritarian political system is necessary to ensure communal co-existence in developing countries where ethnic minorities have a considerable economic presence.

Autor

Nicholas Tarling is Fellow and Emeritus Professor of History at the New Zealand Asia Institute. He was also Visiting Professor at Universiti of Brunei Darussalam and Honorary Professor at the University of Hull. He has published 34 books and about 90 articles and edited the Cambridge History of Southeast Asia. Edmund Terence Gomez is Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). He also holds the post of Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415451789
• ISBN-10: 0415451787
• Artikelnr.: 25007199