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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827082203321

Autore

Potter Pitman B.

Titolo

Law, policy, and practice on China's periphery : selective adaptation and institutional capacity / / Pitman B. Potter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93635-1

1-136-93636-X

1-282-88624-X

9786612886249

0-203-84673-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 54

Disciplina

320.80951

Soggetti

Regionalism - China

Central-local government relations - China

Law - China

China Politics and government 2002-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview -- Political authority in the inner periphery -- Socio-cultural relations in the inner periphery -- Economy and development in the inner periphery -- Implications for the outer periphery.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the Chinese government's policies and practices for relations with the Inner Periphery areas of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan focusing on themes of political authority, socio-cultural relations, and economic development. China's history may be seen as one of managing the geographic periphery surrounding China proper. Successive imperial, republican, and communist governments have struggled to maintain sovereignty over the regions surrounding the great river valleys of China. The importance of the peripher