Autonomy and Ethnicity negotiating competing claims in multi-ethnic states

By:

edited by Yash Ghai

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000Description: xiv, 312 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521786423

Subject(s):

Autonomy

DDC classification:

323.11AUT

Summary: Responses to ethnic conflicts in recent decades have ranged from oppression and ethnic cleansing to accommodations of ethnic claims through affirmative policies, special forms of representation, power sharing, and the integration of minorities. One of the most sought after, and resisted, devices for conflict management is autonomy. This book uses select countries including China, Canada, South Africa, former Yugoslavia and Australia to explore the dialectics of ethnicity and territory as mediated by a variety of forms of autonomy.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam	323.11AUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	003926

Responses to ethnic conflicts in recent decades have ranged from oppression and ethnic cleansing to accommodations of ethnic claims through affirmative policies, special forms of representation, power sharing, and the integration of minorities. One of the most sought after, and resisted, devices for conflict management is autonomy. This book uses select countries including China, Canada, South Africa, former Yugoslavia and Australia to explore the dialectics of ethnicity and territory as mediated by a variety of forms of autonomy.

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