The Role of Crosscutting Cleavages in Stabilizing Ethnic Relations: A Case Comparison between Malaysia and Indonesia

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Domestic Politics in Asia

Brief Overview

Puzzled by the difference of the ethnic relations between the indigenous groups and the Chinese in Malaysia and Indonesia, this paper attempts to explain the spatial and temporal variance of ethnic violence in plural societies.

Author

• Zheng Wang, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY at Albany