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100			_aAzam,Kousar J.(ed.)
245		0	_aEthnicity, identity and the state in South Asia
260			_aNew Delhi _bSouth Asian Publishers _c2001
300			_a345p.
520			_aThis book is a collection of papers pre- sented at an international conference on Ethnicity, Identity and the State in South Asia at the IACIS/ASRC in June 2000. The essays attempt review of the phenomenon of Ethnicity in the wake of the emerging confluence between the local and the global after globalization. To what extent the ear- lier discourses and paradigms of defining Ethnicity remain valid in an environment that has been overtaken by a blurring of distinctions between the concepts of race, ethnicity and identity, remains the focus of several of these essays. Linking these con- cepts to the role and the capacity of the State to manage the ethnic politics the es- says deal with the phenomenon of Ethnic- ity from fresh perspectives and have diverse opinions and 'solution'. The book is divided into three sections. The first Section provides a theoretical per- spective including an analysis of policies that generate, and sustain manifestations of Ethnicity. The second Section provides an analysis of the problem in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. The next Section deals with the Indian experience with several essays on India's North East. A welcome addition to the existing re- sources, the volume provides insights into a problem that has eluded effective solutions and will continue to engage the attention of serious scholars and policy makers in South Asia.
650			_aEthnicity-South Asia
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