Multiculturalism in Asia

by Kymlicka, Will; He, Baogang

• ISBN13: 9780199277636
• ISBN10: 019927763X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"Using both case studies and thematic essays, this volume examines the pre-colonial traditions, colonial legacies, and post-colonial ideologies that influence contemporary debates on multiculturalism in the region. It explores the areas of convergence and divergence between these different perspectives, and the extent to which they provide viable frameworks for managing ethnic and religious diversity in the region."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	ix
1. Introduction	1	(21)
Baogang He and Will Kymlicka
2. Liberal Multiculturalism: Western Models, Global Trends, and Asian Debates	22	(34)
Will Kymlicka
3. Minority Rights with Chinese Characteristics	56	(24)
Baogang He
4. A Liberal Model of Minority Rights for an Illiberal Multiethnic State? The Case of Lao PDR	80	(30)
Vatthana Pholsena
5. Subjects of the Nation Without Citizenship: The Case of 'Hill Tribes' in Thailand	110	(26)
Mika Toyota
6. Liberal and Structural Ethnic Political Accommodation in Malaysia	136	(16)
N. Ganesan
7. Normative Pluralism in Indonesia: Regions, Religions, and Ethnicities	152	(18)
John Bowen
8. The Cost of Membership in Ascribed Community	170	(26)
Chua Beng Huat
9. Justice for Migrant Workers? The Case of Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore	196	(27)
Daniel A. Bell and Nicola Piper
10. At the Margins of a Liberal-Democratic State: Ethnic Minorities in Japan	223	(21)
Lam Peng-Er
11. Multination Federalism and Minority Rights in Sri Lanka	244	(18)
Rohan Edrisinha
12. Burma/Myanmar: Struggle for Democracy and Ethnic Rights	262	(26)
Alan Smith
13. Indian Exceptionalism or Indian Model: Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in a Democratic Nation-State	288	(26)
Gurpreet Mahajan
Bibliography	314	(27)
Index	341