Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in Asia and the Pacific

Book Overview

Efforts to contend with tensions inherent in multiethnic societies; case studies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

Ethnic conflict, one of the most serious and widespread problems in the world today, can undermine efforts to promote political and economic development, as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262522454
• ISBN13: 9780262522458
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher