Do authoritarian regimes manage ethnic pluralism better than democracies? Is the process of democratisation itself destructive of inter-ethic accommodation? This collection addresses these and other questions about the relationships between political regimes and ethnic identities.
This is a very impressive collection of essays on the interactions of ethnic consciousness and identity in the process of democratization in various Asian states.
Susan J. Henders is assistant professor of political science at York University (Canada) and a member of the York Centre for Asian Research.