Author | : Shaheen Sardar Ali |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Indigenous peoples |
ISBN | : 0700711597 |
Ethnic minorities in Pakistan
Author | : Shaheen Sardar Ali |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Indigenous peoples |
ISBN | : 0700711597 |
Ethnic minorities in Pakistan
Author | : Shaheen Sardar Ali |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136778683 |
Examines the issues facing indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, including their role in the nation's constitutional and legal developments, and makes a number of recommendations which would satisfy their demands without compromising the sovereignty of the state.
Author | : Barbara Brower |
Publisher | : Left Coast Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1598741217 |
This volume examines twelve Asian groups whose way of life is endangered. Some are "indigenous" peoples, some are not; each group represents a unique answer to the question of how to survive and thrive on the planet earth, and illustrates both the threats and the responses of peoples caught up in the struggle to sustain cultural meaning, identity, and autonomy.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Indigenous Peoples |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This summary organizes the theme papers, findings, and recommendations that were presented at the Regional Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Poverty Reduction, including the proposed regional plan of action that can guide future national approaches to this issue throughout the Southeast Asian region. Included are the opening statements by government representatives, the presentation of the project's main findings, the panel's discussion on the role of international assistance, and a list of participants and observers.
Author | : Peter Grant |
Publisher | : Minority Rights Group |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2016-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1907919805 |
The unique cultures of minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide – spanning a wide variety of customs and practices – are under threat. This year’s edition of State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples highlights the impact of land dispossession, forced assimilation and other forms of discrimination on the most fundamental aspects of their identity, including language, art, traditional knowledge and spirituality. But while the effects of this attrition can be devastating, minority and indigenous cultures have also been critical in strengthening communities and providing activists with a platform to fight for their rights. As this volume illustrates, ensuring that the cultural freedoms of minorities and indigenous peoples are protected is essential if their other rights are also to be respected.
Author | : Jayantha Perera |
Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9292547135 |
Development in Asia faces a crucial issue: the right of indigenous peoples to build a better life while protecting their ancestral lands and cultural identity. An intimate relationship with land expressed in communal ownership has shaped and sustained these cultures over time. But now, public and private enterprises encroach upon indigenous peoples' traditional domains, extracting minerals and timber, and building dams and roads. Displaced in the name of progress, indigenous peoples find their identities diminished, their livelihoods gone. Using case studies from Cambodia, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines, nine experts examine vulnerabilities and opportunities of indigenous peoples. Debunking the notion of tradition as an obstacle to modernization, they find that those who keep control of their communal lands are the ones most able to adapt.
Author | : James B. Minahan |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2012-08-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1598846604 |
This comprehensive guide to the Pacific and South Asia provides detailed and enlightening information about the many ethnic groups of this increasingly important region of the world. Ideally suited for high school and undergraduate students studying subjects such as anthropology, geography, and social studies, Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia provides clear, detailed, and up-to-date information on each major group in South Asian and Pacific Island countries, including India, Nepal, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Australia, Tonga, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands. Organized alphabetically by ethnic group, each entry provides an introduction followed by accessible descriptions of the origins, early history, cultural life, political life, and modern history of the ethnicity. Alternate names, major population centers, primary languages and religions, and other important characteristics of each group are also covered. Beyond being a valuable resource for student research, this book will be enlightening and entertaining for general readers interested in South Asia and the Pacific.
Author | : Sumit Guha |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-09-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004254854 |
'Caste' is today almost universally perceived as an ancient and unchanging Hindu institution preserved solely by a deep-seated religious ideology. Yet the word itself is an importation from sixteenth-century Europe. This book tracks the long history of the practices amalgamated under this label and shows their connection to changing patterns of social and political power down to the present. It frames caste as an involuted and complex form of ethnicity and explains why it persisted under non-Hindu rulers and in non-Hindu communities across South Asia.