1st Edition

The State and Ethnic Politics in SouthEast Asia

By David Brown Copyright 1994
    376 Pages
    by Routledge

    376 Pages
    by Routledge

    Ethnic tensions in Southeast Asia represent a clear threat to the future stability of the region. David Brown's clear and systematic study outlines the patterns of ethnic politics in:
    * Burma
    * Singapore
    * Indonesia
    * Malaysia
    * Thailand
    The study considers the influence of the State on the formation of ethnic groups and investigates why some countries are more successful in 'managing' their ethnic politics than others.

    Introduction 1 Ethnicity and the state 2 The ethnocratic state and ethnic separatism in Burma 3 Ethnicity and corporatism in Singapore 4 Neo-patrimonialism and national integration in Indonesia 5 Internal colonialism and ethnic rebellion in Thailand 6 Class, state and ethnic politics in Peninsular Malaysia 7 Ethnicity, nationalism and democracy

    Biography

    David Brown is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Murdoch's University, Australia