Table of Contents

1: Baogang He and Will Kymlicka: Introduction
2: Will Kymlicka: Liberal Multiculturalism: Western Models, Global Trends, and Asian Debates
3: Baogang He: Minority Rights with Chinese Characteristics
4: Vatthana Pholsena: A Liberal Model of Minority Rights for an Illiberal Multi-ethnic State? The Case of Laos
5: Mika Toyota: The Paradox of Recognition: The Case of 'Hill Tribes' in Thailand
6: N. Ganesan: Ethnic Accommodation in Malaysia
7: John Bowen: Region, Religion, and Ethnicity in Indonesia
8: Beng Huat Chua: The Cost of Membership in Ascribed Community: The Singapore Model
9: Daniel A. Bell and Nicola Piper: National Citizenship and Migrant Workers in East Asia
10: Peng Er Lam: At the Margins of a Liberal-Democratic State and Illiberal Society: Ethnic Minorities in Japan
11: Rohan Edrisinha: Multination Federalism and Minority Rights in Sri Lanka
12: Alan Smith: Burma/Myanmar: Struggle for Democracy and Ethnic Rights
13: Gurpreet Mahahan: Indian Exceptionalism or Indian Model: Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in a Democratic Nation-State
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Reviews

`...a timely contribution to debates on minority rights and democratization..The coverage and treatment of the book make it useful reading for both the serious academic reader as well as non-academic audiences interested in specific country cases.'
Nations and Nationalism
`...an articulate, thought-provoking look at one of the most ethnoculturally diverse regions of the world as it struggles to come to terms with ideas of socio-cultural identity, pre- and post-colonial legacies, and the necessities of economic and political survival in increasingly global contexts.'
Ethnic Conflict