Social Cohesion and Conflict Prevention in Asia Managing Diversity through Development

by Colletta, Nat J.; Lim, Teck Gee; Kelles-Viitanen, Anita

• ISBN13: 9780821348741
• ISBN10: 0821348744
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

This book is based on discussions from the Asian Regional Consultation on Social Cohesion and Conflict Management that was sponsored by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Participants, speaking in their personal capacity, included representatives from government, civil society, and donor organisations. The papers included in this volume cite a multiplicity of traditional obstacles to social cohesion and integration in the region, ranging from xenophobic nationalism to poverty, socioeconomic disparities, gender inequality, and ethnic, religious, and cultural discrimination.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Abbreviations and Acronyms	vii
Social Cohesion in Southeast Asia: From Economic Miracle to Social Crisis	1	(8)
Part 1. Social Cleavages: Perspectives on the Fault Lines in Society	9	(210)
Social Cohesion and Social Conflict in Southeast Asia	17	(26)
Sharon Siddique
Underlying Causes of Social Cleavages in Asia: Employment, Property Rights, and the Role of the State	43	(22)
Moazam Mahmood
State Legitimacy, Minority Political Participation, and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia and Malaysia	65	(34)
James V. Jesudason
Slow Roads to Equality: Enduring Poverty among Four Low-Status Minorities	99	(55)
Jacob Meerman
Social Cohesion and Development: A Cultural Perspective	154	(29)
Jaime C. Laya
Social Cohesion and Conflict Management: Rethinking the Issues Using a Gender-Sensitive Lens	183	(36)
Sharon Bessell
Part 2. Country Cases: From the Bottom Looking Up	219	(208)
Managing Ethnic Tensions through Affirmative Action: The Malaysian Experience	225	(38)
Harold Crouch
Myanmar: Military Rule and the Undermining of Civil Society	263	(54)
David I. Steinberg
The Social Consequences of War and Peace in Cambodia: Some Lessons	317	(32)
Nee Meas
Class, Region, and Culture: The Sources of Social Conflict in Indonesia	349	(33)
Michael Malley
Approaches to Ending the Civil War in Sri Lanka: The Role of the State and Civil Society	382	(36)
Jehan Perera
Social-Cultural Cleavages and the Peace Process in the Southern Philippines	418	(9)
Eliseo R. Mercado, Jr.
Part 3. Development Perspectives: From the Outside Looking In	427	(45)
Diversity, Stability, and Order in Asia	429	(13)
Shimsuki Horiuchi
Experiences of International and Regional Organizations with Conflict Management	442	(10)
Khin-Sandi Lwin
The Red Zone: Transition Programming from Conflict to Peace	452	(20)
Paul F. Randolph
Social Cohesion: Consensus and Challenges	472	(9)
Appendixes
A. Participants	481	(8)
B. Agenda	489