The State and Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia (Politics in Asia) Book

This timely work examines the nature of ethnicity and its political impact in Southeast Asia. David Brown provides ne interpretations of ethnic consciousness and the causes of ethnic tensions through a study of ethnic politics in Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. This ethnic consciousness is defined in terms of a psychological and political ideology that is, predominantly, influenced by th attitude and policy of the state. David Brown's theory is developed through an examination of the influence that ideas such as neo-patrimonialism, corporatism, ethnocracy, internal colonialism and class have had upon the various regimes in the countries discussed. This important study explores how the influence of these different theories and conceptualizations of the state have led to a variety of manifestations of political ethnicity.Read More