β Scribed by Kinglsey M. de Silva, Pensri Duke, Ellen S. Goldberg, Nathan Katz
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This book is an outcome of South and South-east Asia regional workshop on 'Minorities in Buddhist Polities: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma'. It mainly focuses on policy issues. The key theme of the book is the role of religions play in both the exacerbation and amelioration of ethnic conflict.
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