Ethnicity in China : A Critical Introduction

• Autore: Zang Xiaowei
• Pubblicazione: Wiley, 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8
• Soggetto topico: Ethnic groups - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Ethnic relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Series page""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Map""; ""Chronology""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1: The People's Republic of China as a Multinational Country""; ""Ethnic Demography""; ""The Ethnic Classification Project in the 1950s""; ""Beijing's Assimilation Stance""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""2: Ethnic Inequality""; ""Socioeconomic Changes in the Post-1949 Era""; ""State Support for Socioeconomic Development in Minority Areas""; ""Ethnic Tourism""; ""Environmental Degradation and Protection"" ; ""Evaluations of State Support to Minority Areas""""Affirmative Action""; ""Evaluations of the Affirmative Action Programmes""; ""Empirical Evidence of Ethnic Inequality""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""3: Minority Cultures""; ""State Policy on Minority Cultures in the Post-1949 Era""; ""Minority Customs, Medicines and Sports""; ""Minority Literatures, Arts and Crafts""; ""Minority Languages""; ""Religion""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""4: Regional Autonomy""; ""Historical Context""; ""The Development of Regional Autonomy since 1949"" ; ""The Power of Autonomous Regions""""Evaluations of Regional Autonomy in China""; ""Han Migration into Minority Areas""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""5: Intra- and Inter-Group Differences""; ""Intra-Group Differences""; ""Inter-Group Differences among Ethnic Minorities""; ""The State's Perceptions of Minority Threat""; ""A Comparative Study of the Hui and Uyghurs""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""6: Tibet and Xinjiang""; ""Historical Background""; ""The Socialist Transformation of Tibet and Xinjiang: 1949â€?1966""; ""The Cultural Revolution of 1966â€?1976"" ; ""From Socialist Revolution to Economic Development in the Post-1978 Era""""Rising Ethnic Conflicts in Tibet and Xinjiang since the 1990s""; ""Ethnic Issues as a Challenge to Governance in Tibet and Xinjiang""; ""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""7: China's Nationality Policy and International Minority Rights""; ""Minority Rights: A Historical Perspective""; ""A Paradigm Shift in Minority Rights""; ""The Minority Rights Regime in China""; ""Minority Rights and China's Foreign Policy""; ""Changes in China's Policy towards Minority Rights"" ; ""Rigidities and Inertia in Beijing's Minority Rights Regime""""Discussion""; ""Recommended Reading""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""End User License Agreement""
• Sommario/riassunto: On the global stage, China is often seen to be a homogenous nation when, in fact, it is a diverse multi-ethnic society, with 55 minority nationality groups recognized by the government. Scattered across the vast landmass, ethnic minorities in China occupy a precarious place in the state, where the Confucian concept of cultural community plays down ethnicity and encourages integration of minority nationalities into the majority Han-Chinese society. This insightful book reveals the ethnic diversity underlying the People's Republic of China and examines how ethnicity intersects with social and
• Altri titoli varianti: China Today Ser.; China Today; Ethnicity in China
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnicity in China
• ISBN: 9780745690452; 0745690459
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157427903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: China Today