Pax Ehnica: Where, How, and Why Diverstiy Succeeds 毛边本精装

图书标准信息

• 作者 Karl、Shareen Brysac 著
• 出版社 PublicAffairs
• 出版时间 2012-03
• ISBN 9781586488291
• 定价 243.70元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

AcclaimedauthorsMeyerandBrysacexaminesocietieswherepeopleofdiverseethnicities,racesand/orreligionslivetogetherinpeace-offeringincisiveinsightsonthepreconditionsforpeacefulcoexistenceandablueprintfortoleranceExperiencearoundtheglobeconfirmsthatitispossibleforneighborsofdiverseethnicitytocoexistpeacefullywithoutresorttovenomorviolence.Yetparadoxically,whilethereisalargeandgrimliteraturedevotedtofailedstates,civilconflict,andfaith-drivenmayhem,littlehasbeenwrittenforthecommonreaderabouttheobversephenomenon:viableexamplesofethnicpluralism.DespiteeruptionsofviolenceintheBalkans,theCaucasus,Central,SouthandEastAsia,thePacificIslands,post-colonialAfrica,andevenEurope,somemulticulturalentitieshaveachievedrelativeandoftenoverlookedsuccesses.In"PatchworkNations",veteranauthorsKarlMeyerandShareenBrysacsetouttofindandunderstandtheseoasesofcivility,placesmarkedbyminimalviolence,risinglifeexpectancy,highliteracy,andpragmaticcompromisesonculturalrights.TheyvisittheIndianStateofKerala,FlensburgGermany,theRussianRepublicofTatarstan,theportofMarseille,France,andQueens,NewYorktounderstandhowpeopleofdiverseethnicitiescanliveharmoniously.Inthiselegantblendofjournalism,politicalhistory,andtravelogue,MeyerandBrysacshowhowrecognitionofmultipleidentitiescandefuseratherthanprovokeconflict-providing,thereisalsoinsistenceonrespectforbasicrightswithinaswellasbetweenethnic,religious,andculturalgroups.Givenrobustleadership,theuseoffederalismtoincorporatediversetraditionswithinacommonunion,aclearpathtocitizenshipforeconomicmigrants,flexibleapproachestolanguagerights,electoralarrangementsthatensureminorityrepresentation,andthepromotionofmutualrespectfordiversetraditions,theyarguethatneighborsofdiverseethnicitycanliveinpeace.

【作者简介】

KarlE.MeyerandShareenBlairBrysacareauthorsoftwelvebooksandmanyarticles.Theirmostrecentbook,Kingmakers:TheInventionoftheModernMiddleEast(Norton,2008)completestheirtrilogyonthethemeofEmpire.