Democratization and identity
Subtitle: regimes and ethnicity in East and Southeast Asia
By: edited by Susan J. Henders
Contributors: Henders, Susan J., 1960-
Series: Global encounters
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Democratization -- East Asia; Group identity -- East Asia; Nationalism -- East Asia; Democratization -- Southeast Asia; Group identity -- Southeast Asia; Nationalism -- Southeast Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Political regimes and ethnic identities in East and Southeast Asia: beyond the "Asian values" debate; title: Part I: Debating theories and concepts; title: Is democracy the "least bad" system for minority groups? / Daniel A. Bell; title: The democratization of national identity / David Brown; title: Understanding contending nationalist identities: reading Ernest Gellner and Benedict Anderson from Taiwan / Chang Maukuei; title: The political economy and cultural politics of ethnic conflict in Asia / Katharine N. Rankin and Kanishka Goonewardena; title: Part II: Reflecting on East Asia; title: The politics of recognition in contemporary Japan / John Lie; title: Ethnic identity in China: the rising politics of cultural difference / Dru C. Gladney; title: Democratic transition and cultural diversity: Buddhist organizations and identity construction in Taiwan / André Laliberté; title: Part III: Reflecting on Southeast Asia; title: Democratization and religious and nationalist conflict in post-Suharto Indonesia / Jacques Bertrand; title: Democracy, nationalism, and ethnic identity: the Philippines and East Timor compared / David Wurfel; title: Elusive democracy: appropriation of "rights" ideologies in Malaysian ethnic and religious political discourse / Judith Nagata