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Pax ethnica : where and how diversity succeeds / Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, Karl E. (Karl Ernest), 1928-2019.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism.
- Multiculturalism.
- Ethnic relations.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Peace.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a world replete with stories of sectarian violence, we are often left wondering: Are there places where people of different ethnicities, especially with significant Muslim minorities, live in peace? If so, why haven't we heard more about them, and what explains their success? To answer these questions, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac undertook a two-year exploration of oases of civility, places notable for minimal violence, rising life-expectancy, high literacy, and pragmatic compromises on cultural rights. They explored the Indian state of Kerala, the Russian republic of Tatarstan, t
- Contents:
- Prologue: sane oases in a fanatic world
- Flensburg: land or peace?
- Kerala: Gods' own country
- Tatarstan: the Cave of the Clan Bears
- Marseille: black, blanc and beur
- Queens: embracing diversity
- Diversity and its discontents
- Epilogue: the future of us all.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-75341-6
- 9786613790743
- 1-61039-048-2
- OCLC:
- 782879711
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