Dynamic of Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia

Edited by Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd; Edited by Nakamura, Rie; Edited by Taya, Shamsuddin L.

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysia's Prime Minister, once said in "The Far Eastern Economic Review" of 28 October 1996: 'The threat is from inside...So we have to be armed, so to speak. Not with guns, but with the necessary laws to make sure the country remains stable'. He implied that ethnic conflict and political instability are inevitable in a multi-ethnic society unless protected by certain laws. Ethnic conflict is like a time bomb and the misuse of human rights for political ends and to exploit ethnic sentiments could spark ethnic conflict. In theory, modern nation-state must achieve pluralism in their project of nation building. There are few nation in the world consist of single ethnic group. Yet, multi-ethnicity also seems to be a serious challenge to any system of government especially in Southeast Asia, as it adds possibly deep-running cleavages to the societies. Some groups are marginalized in the course of the nation-building which resulted as the situation in the relationship between the nation and the state. Arjun Appadurai stated that 'the nation and the state have become one another's project': groups try to capture states and their power while states try to 'monopolize about the nationhood'. There is always tension between the centre and the margin. The centre often consisted of one ethnic group and marginalised minority groups are denied their right to equality. Sometimes horrible wars with thousands of victims commence as a consequence of such processes of ethnically-framed nation-building. Therefore, a democratic setting should be functionally superior; that is, in a better position to moderate the escalatory tendencies inherent in multi-ethnic setting and thereby achieves less violence-prone conflict management and eventual resolution in Southeast Asia. This book aims at bringing together contributions that apply ideas inspired by the issue of ethnic relations in Southeast Asian region. It will address leading edge research ranging from theory to empirical evaluation and tools. This book is suitable for anyone who is interested in the subject of ethnic relations and conflicts especially the politicians, policy makers, civil society activists, academia, and students of ethnic or race studies and Southeast Asian politics.

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書名 Dynamic of Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia
著作者等 Nakamura, Rie
Taya, Shamsuddin L.
Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Mohd
出版元 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
刊行年月 2010.06.01
版表示 New ed
ページ数 225p
大きさ H210 x W148
ISBN 9781443821155
言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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