基本説明
現代中国の民族的マイノリティの歴史的背景から最新事情、チベット自治区・新疆ウィグル自治区といった近年注目を集めた地域に関するテクストまで、あわせて77点を収録。アイデンティティ、権利、政治・政策、経済的側面、ツーリズム、ジェンダー、エスニシティ、民族間関係、宗教や教育など、民族的マイノリティを包括的に考察。
This collection answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
Full Description
China is the world's most populous country with fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities: approximately 123 million people, taking up over 60 per cent of China's territory. And, while China's dizzying growth has made it a major world force, both economically and strategically, one of the chief concerns of the rising Chinese state—not new, but gaining an ever higher priority—is to remain united and become better integrated. Yet over the past decade, ethnic tensions appear to have grown sharper among some minorities. Rioting in the Tibetan areas in March 2008 and in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in July 2009 have shown the volatility of ethnic relations in those particular areas and underscore the urgent need for a greater understanding of the situation.
This new Routledge Major Work collection addresses that need. It answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
Contents
Part 1: Theoretical and Identity Questions Relating to China's Ethnic Minorities
Part 2: Historical Background
Part 3: Politics and Policy
Part 4: Economics and Economic Development
Part 5: Society and Social Features
Part 6: Influences on the Mind: Religion and Education
Part 7: China's Minorities: Separatism; Implications for International Relations
Part 8: Overview Accounts of China's Ethnic Minorities
