Can democracies accommodate ethnic nationalism? Rise and decline of self-determination movements...

Analyzes the ethnic movements of the Tamilnadu during the 1950s and 1960s, the Sikhs in Punjab during the 1980s, and the Muslims in Kashmir during the 1990s, with the focus at derivings some genaral conclusions. Periodic demands for more control and power by a variety of ethnic groups; Two Dimensions of the political context; Implications which concern normative and policy issues.