Social difference and constitutionalism in Pan-Asia
- Responsibility
- edited by Susan H. Williams, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Physical description
- xii, 364 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Comparative constitutional law and policy.
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| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| KNC524 .S63 2014 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Williams, Susan Hoffman, 1960- editor of compilation.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction: Constitutions and difference : ideology and institutions / Susan H. Williams
- Negotiating differences : India's language policy / Benjamin B. Cohen
- Constitution and language in post-independence Central Asia / William Fierman
- Dreams of redemption : localist strategies of political reform in the Philippines / Paul D. Hutchcroft
- Constitutional rights and dialogic process in socialist Vietnam : protecting rural-to-urban migrants' rights without a constitutional court / Huong Thi Nguyen
- Asymmetrical federalism in Burma / David C. Williams
- Hu wants something new : discourse and the deep structure of minzu policies in China / Gardner Bovingdon
- Sectarian visions of the Iraqi state : irreconcilable differences? / Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi
- Constitutionalism and religious difference in Israel (and a brief passage to Malaysia) / Ran Hirschl
- Australia's gendered constitutional history and future / Kim Rubenstein and Christabel Neville-Richards
- Islamic feminism(s) : promoting gender egalitarianism and challenging constitutional constraints / Asma Afsaruddin
- India, Nepal, and Pakistan : a unique south Asian constitutional discourse on sexual orientation and gender identity / Sean Dickson and Steve Sanders.
- Publisher's summary
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In many countries, social differences, such as religion or race and ethnicity, threaten the stability of the social and legal order. This book addresses the role of constitutions and constitutionalism in dealing with the challenge of difference. The book brings together lawyers, political scientists, historians, religious studies scholars, and area studies experts to consider how constitutions address issues of difference across 'Pan-Asia', a wide swath of the world that runs from the Middle East, through Asia, and into Oceania. The book's multidisciplinary and comparative approach makes it unique. The book is organized into five sections, each devoted to constitutional approaches to a particular type of difference - religion, ethnicity/race, urban/rural divisions, language, and gender and sexual orientation - in two or more countries in Pan Asia. The introduction offers a framework for thinking comprehensively about the many ways constitutionalism interacts with difference.
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Subjects
- Subjects
- Constitutional law > Social aspects > Asia > Congresses.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2014
- Series
- Comparative constitutional law and policy
- ISBN
- 9781107036277 (hardback)
- 1107036275 (hardback)
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