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