Williams, Susan H. editor of compilation. text enk 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (378 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Edited by Susan H. Williams. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). KNC524 .S63 2014 342.5 9781139567312 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567312 UkCbUP 120802 20170413094205.0 CR9781139567312