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State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia

Ishtiaq Ahmed author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Dec '98

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This text is an analysis of many of the ethnic problems that plague South Asia. Conflicts which stem from the impact of colonial legacies, population movements, the disruptive effects of modernization forces and the exigencies of electoral politics. The text traces the historical origins of these various conflicts and discusses their contemporary dimensions in the late 1990s. It takes a comparative approach, highlighting common attitudinal patterns in policies and strategies and the case studies are analyzed within an historical theoretical perspective.

ISBN: 9781855675780

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 610g

352 pages

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