Multiculturalism in AsiaWill Kymlicka, Baogang He This volume assembles a group of leading regional experts to formulate the first rigorous and comprehensive consideration of multiculturalism debates in South and East Asia. Through close examination of pre-colonial traditions, colonial legacies, and post-colonial ideologies, this volume sheds new light on religious and ethnic conflict in the area, and presents a ground-breaking assessment of what role--if any --the international community should play in promoting multiculturalism. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
Western Models Global Trends and Asian Debates | 22 |
3 Minority Rights with Chinese Characteristics | 56 |
4 A Liberal Model of Minority Rights for an Illiberal Multiethnic State? The Case of Lao PDR | 80 |
The Case of Hill Tribes in Thailand | 110 |
6 Liberal and Structural Ethnic Political Accommodation in Malaysia | 136 |
Regions Religions and Ethnicities | 152 |
8 The Cost of Membership in Ascribed Community | 170 |
9 Justice for Migrant Workers? The Case of Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore | 196 |
Ethnic Minorities in Japan | 223 |
11 Multination Federalism and Minority Rights in Sri Lanka | 244 |
Struggle for Democracy and Ethnic Rights | 262 |
Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in a Democratic NationState | 288 |
Bibliography | 314 |
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