Political regimes and ethnic identities in East and Southeast Asia: beyond the "Asian values" debate -- Part I: Debating theories and concepts -- Is democracy the "least bad" system for minority groups? / Daniel A. Bell -- The democratization of national identity / David Brown -- Understanding contending nationalist identities: reading Ernest Gellner and Benedict Anderson from Taiwan / Chang Maukuei -- The political economy and cultural politics of ethnic conflict in Asia / Katharine N. Rankin and Kanishka Goonewardena -- Part II: Reflecting on East Asia -- The politics of recognition in contemporary Japan / John Lie -- Ethnic identity in China: the rising politics of cultural difference / Dru C. Gladney -- Democratic transition and cultural diversity: Buddhist organizations and identity construction in Taiwan / André Laliberté -- Part III: Reflecting on Southeast Asia -- Democratization and religious and nationalist conflict in post-Suharto Indonesia / Jacques Bertrand -- Democracy, nationalism, and ethnic identity: the Philippines and East Timor compared / David Wurfel -- Elusive democracy: appropriation of "rights" ideologies in Malaysian ethnic and religious political discourse / Judith Nagata
