The no nonsense guide to minority rights in South Asia

Type

Book

Authors

Rita Manchanda

ISBN 10

8178298910

ISBN 13

9788178298917

Tags

Indigenous Peoples, General, Reference, Minority Studies, Asian, Constitutional law, Political Science

Description

This a practical primer on issues related to minority rights in South Asian countries. By taking a rights-based approach, the book clearly develops an understanding that majoritarian and authoritarian policies have always got an upper hand throughout the history of nation-building in South Asia. While elaborating on such 'politics of recognition and inequality' and 'modes of exclusion', it goes on to explore the ethnic composition of each South Asian country-India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. It presents a detailed account of the socio-economic inequality, religious and language discrimination, political under-representation and constitutional and legal oppression meted out to the minorities in these countries. - from Amzon

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