Ethnic Autonomy

Author : Yash P. Ghai
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521786423
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autonomy and Ethnicity written by Yash P. Ghai and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2000, explores how different states negotiate the competing claims of ethnic groups.

Author : Mario Barrera
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Aztlan written by Mario Barrera and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-11-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anyone interested in the issues of ethnic equality with cultural maintenance or regional autonomy would do well to read this book, if not for its answers, then perhaps for its questions." American Journal of Sociology

Author : C. Shih
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230609341
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autonomy, Ethnicity, and Poverty in Southwestern China written by C. Shih and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese state reaches out to ethnic communities in three different channels of autonomy, ethnicity, and poverty. However, each of these channels designates a submissive position to ethnic citizenship. Amidst theoretical uncertainty on how the state has affected local communities, ethnic minorities can develop subjectivity. Through this, they can sincerely participate in the state's policy agenda, conveniently incorporate the state into the ethnic identity, give feedback to the state within the framework of official discourse, or hide behind the state to evade ethnic identification. Rather than finding a life outside the state, the ethnic communities can, in one way or another, position themselves inside the state.

Author : Ruth Eschelbacher Lapidoth
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN 13 : 1878379623
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autonomy written by Ruth Eschelbacher Lapidoth and published by US Institute of Peace Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rajat Ganguly
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136311890
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia written by Rajat Ganguly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on ethnic conflict settlement because it is supposed to be able to reconcile two paradoxical objectives: the preservation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state, and the satisfaction of ethnic minorities’ right to national self-determination. Critics argue, however, that autonomy may not be the panacea for ethnic conflict in all cases. The contributing authors begin with the concept of territorial or regional autonomy and subject it to a rigorous empirical analysis, which provides reliable evidence regarding the suitability of the autonomy solution to intractable ethnic conflicts. Drawing upon case studies from Kashmir, Assam, Sri Lanka, Aceh, Mindanao and Southern Thailand, this edited volume argues that autonomy arrangements may at best work to resolve only a handful of separatist ethnic conflicts in South and South-East Asia. This book will be of much interest to students of South and South-East Asia, Asian security, ethnic conflict, peace studies and IR in general.

Author : Steven C. Roach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135116046X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Autonomy, Minority Rights and Globalization written by Steven C. Roach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful and timely book analyzes the role of cultural autonomy in advancing minority rights protection on the national and global level. It assesses the historical and legal limits of the right to self-determination and autonomy and draws on Marxist internationalism, liberal nationalism and EU integrationist studies to examine the relationship between cultural autonomy and globalization. As such, emphasis is placed on the sociological and historical value of cultural autonomy, with the aim of working beyond formalistic and utilitarian approaches to cultural autonomy. The volume will appeal primarily to upper-level undergraduate and graduate level students of political science and international law interested in rethinking the role of cultural autonomy in an age of globalization.

Author : Marc Weller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812205758
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts written by Marc Weller and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world many sovereign states grant one or more of their territories greater autonomy than other areas. This arrangement, known as asymmetric autonomy, has been adopted with greater regularity as a solution to ethnic strife and secessionist struggles in recent decades. As asymmetric autonomy becomes one of the most frequently used conflict resolution methods, examination of the positive and negative consequences of its implementation, as well as its efficacy, is vital. Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts assesses the ability of such power distribution arrangements to resolve violent struggles between central governments and separatist groups. This collection of new case studies from around the world covers a host of important developments, from recentralization in Russia, to "one country, two systems" in China, to constitutional innovation in Iraq. As a whole, these essays examine how well asymmetric autonomy agreements can bring protracted and bloody conflicts to an end, satisfy the demands of both sides, guarantee the physical integrity of a state, and ensure peace and stability. Contributors to this book also analyze the many problems and dilemmas that can arise when autonomous regions are formed. For example, powers may be loosely defined or unrealistically assigned to the state within a state. Redrawn boundaries can create new minorities and make other groups vulnerable to human rights violations. Given the number of limited self-determination systems in place, the essays in this volume present varied evaluations of these political structures. Asymmetric state agreements have the potential to remedy some of humanity's most intractable disputes. In Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts, leading political scientists and diplomatic experts shed new light on the practical consequences of these settlements and offer sophisticated frameworks for understanding this path toward lasting peace.

Author : Raymond L. Hall
Publisher : Pergamon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Autonomy written by Raymond L. Hall and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1979 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David J. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136309144
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State written by David J. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a largely forgotten legacy of multicultural political thought and practice from within Eastern Europe and examines its relevance to post-Cold War debates on state and nationhood. Featuring a Preface by former UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke, it weaves theory and practice to challenge established understandings of the nation state. Eastern Europe is still too often viewed through the prism of ethnic conflict, which overlooks the region’s positive contribution to modern debates on the political management of ethno-cultural diversity, and towards the construction of a united Europe ‘beyond the nation-state’. Based on extensive archival research in Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Russia, as well as the League of Nations Archive in Geneva, this book explores this neglected multicultural legacy and assesses its significance in the post-Cold War era, which has seen the reappearance of national cultural autonomy laws in several states of Eastern Europe. Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State is invaluable reading for students and scholars of political science, history, sociology and European studies, and also for policy makers and others interested in minority rights and ethnic conflict regulation.

Author : Bethany Lacina
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472122568
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rival Claims written by Bethany Lacina and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of struggles for ethnoterritorial autonomy, Bethany Lacina explains regional elites’ decision whether or not to fight for autonomy, and the central government’s response to this decision. In India, the prime minister’s respective electoral ties to separate, rival regional interests determine whether ethnoterritorial demands occur and whether they are repressed or accommodated. Using new data on ethnicity and sub-national discrimination in India, national and state archives, parliamentary records, cross-national analysis and her original fieldwork, Lacina explains ethnoterritorial politics as a three-sided interaction of the center and rival interests in the periphery. Ethnic entrepreneurs use militancy to create national political pressure in favor of their goals when the prime minister lacks clear electoral reasons to court one regional group over another. Second, ethnic groups rarely win autonomy or mobilize for violence in regions home to electorally influential anti-autonomy interests. Third, when a regional ethnic majority is politically important to the prime minister, its leaders can deter autonomy demands within their borders, while actively discriminating against minorities. Rival Claims challenges the conventional beliefs that territorial autonomy demands are a reaction to centralized power and that governments resist autonomy to preserve central prerogatives. The center has allegiances in regional politics, and ethnoterritorial violence reflects the center’s entanglement with rival interests in the periphery.