Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia and Quest for Identity, is a case study of five important minority ethnic groups in the region, i.e. Timorese, Patani, Rohingyas, Moro and Hoas and it is an attempt towards objective understanding of ethnic disputes. Thus this study has analysed ethnic policies of Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines and their interaction with minority comm…
The contents of this book: 1. Introduction: Definition, Innovation, and History 2. Language and Ethnicity: The Mon in Burma and Thailand 3. Thailand and the Tai: Versions of Ethnic Identity