When we think of minorities--linguistic, ethnic, religious, regional, or racial--in world politics, conflict is often the first thing that comes to mind. Indeed, discord and tension are the depressing norms in many states across the globe: Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Isr…
"The research for this book concentrated on the Syrian Kurdish population and the territory in which Kurds claimed a majority in northern Syria, and which were also controlled by the PYD at the time of writing. The Kurds in Syria have stepped up decisively onto the local, region…
In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. This volume is the first scholarly study of the declassified material of the court of inquiry that p…
Dynamics of ethnic cultures across national boundaries in Southwestern China and mainland Southeast Asia: relations, societies, and languages
by Hayashi, Yukio, Yang, Guangyuan, Sathāban Rātchaphat Chīang Mai., Lanna Cultural Center, Kyōto Daigaku., Tōnan Ajia Kenkyū Sentā, International Workshop on "Dynamics of Ethnic Cultures Across National Boundaries in Southwestern China and Mainland Southeast Asia: Relations, Societies, and Languages", Kunming, China)
"National identity and nationalism are social phenomena of increasing importance in contemporary society and politics. Over the past few decades, European identities in particular have been called into question by peripheral nationalisms, the revival of ethnic allegiances, relig…
