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Author Zang, Xiaowei, author

Title Ethnicity in China : a critical introduction / Xiaowei Zang
Published Cambridge Malden, MA Polity Press, [2015]

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Description xxviii, 236 pages ; 22 cm
Series China today series
China today series (Cambridge, England)
Contents Contents note continued: Han Migration into Minority Areas -- Discussion -- 5.Intra- and Inter-Croup 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 -- 6.Tibet and Xinjiang -- Historical Background -- The Socialist Transformation of Tibet and Xinjiang: 1949--1966 -- The Cultural Revolution of 1966--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 -- 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 --
Contents note continued: Rigidities and Inertia in Beijing's Minority Rights Regime -- Discussion
Machine generated contents note: 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 4.Regional Autonomy -- Historical Context -- The Development of Regional Autonomy since 1949 -- The Power of Autonomous Regions -- Evaluations of Regional Autonomy in China --
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Cultural pluralism -- China.
Ethnic groups -- China.
Ethnicity -- China.
Ethnology -- China.
Minorities -- China.
Multiculturalism -- China.
SUBJECT China -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114677
LC no. 2014025915
ISBN 074565360X
0745653618
9780745653600
9780745653617