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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961800103321

Autore

Shi Zhiyu <1958->

Titolo

Autonomy, Ethnicity, and Poverty in Southwestern China : The State Turned Upside Down / / by C. Shih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611915315

9781281915313

1281915319

9780230609341

0230609341

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

323.151

951/.306

Soggetti

Asia - Politics and government

International economic relations

Economic policy

Political sociology

Political science

Economic development

Asian Politics

International Political Economy'

Economic Policy

Political Sociology

Political Science

Development Studies

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. [253]-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Performing Unity; Part 1 Political, Cultural, and Economic Unity; Part 2 The State Turned Upside Down; Part 3 Out of Place; Part 4 Riding the Citizenship; Conclusion: From Unity to Harmony-Progress or Regress?; Notes; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The Chinese state reaches out to ethnic communities in three different channels of autonomy, ethnicity, and poverty. However, each of these channels designates a submissive position to ethnic citizenship. Amidst theoretical uncertainty on how the state has affected local communities, ethnic minorities can develop subjectivity. Through this, they can sincerely participate in the state's policy agenda, conveniently incorporate the state into the ethnic identity, give feedback to the state within the framework of official discourse, or hide behind the state to evade ethnic identification. Rather than finding a life outside the state, the ethnic communities can, in one way or another, position themselves inside the state.