[Review of] Crawford Young, ed. The Rising Tide of Cultural Pluralism: The Nation-State at Bay. And, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The State of the World\u27s Refugees: The Challenge of Protection

Interest in ethnic conflict and identity politics has led to an increase in the number of works attempting to understand this phenomena. The two works examined here follow in the same tradition

[Review of] Leonore Loeb Adler, ed. Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective

This is a collection of essays by women writers from several countries including the United States, Great Britain, the former Soviet Union, India, China, Nigeria, and Thailand. These writers examine the interaction of biology, social role, and culture in shaping women\u27s roles in different societies. They attempt to provide a broad overview of the conditions and the problems faced by women in their respective societies

From Tribal to Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of Ethnic Ideologies

This paper examines the political mobilization of tribal identities in north-eastern India. Using examples from Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh, the paper suggests that more attention needs to be paid to domestic politics within the Indian state which have contributed to the mobilization of tribal peoples into highly politicized ethnic groups. The paper will explore the impact of government policies in these hill states and the role of political elites in such mobilization