Ethnic Identity and National Conflict in China
Title | Ethnic Identity and National Conflict in China PDF eBook |
Author | A. Acharya |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2010-06-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230107877 |
While, not discounting the potency of the radical Islamic religious discourse in fuelling the contemporary wave of terrorism, this book makes an attempt to explain terrorism in China as an ethno-nationalist conflict rooted in issues involving minority identity. However, a largely domestic conflict is being hijacked by the radical Islamists.
Separate But Loyal
Title | Separate But Loyal PDF eBook |
Author | Wenfang Tang |
Publisher | Policy Studies (East-West Cent |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781932728866 |
Beijing has faced the challenge of granting autonomy to ethnic minorities but maintaining their loyalty to the Chinese state. This paper tackles complex issues of ethnic identity and nationalism among the most politically sensitive groups in China: the Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongols, Huis, and Kazaks. Specifically, it draws on original research conducted by the authors, the 2006-2007 Chinese Ethnicity Surveys, to explore the extent to which ethnic minorities are sinicized and the meaning of being Chinese. With an analysis of current arguments about whether national identity in contemporary China is based on a Han-dominant Confucian tradition or a multiethnic society that originated during the Qing empire, Separate but Loyal examines ethnic identity through the lens of ethnic-language learning, religious practices, and interethnic marriage. It also provides an illuminating comparison of perceptions of group identity and national identity in China with those in the United States and Russia. The survey points to some surprising findings, including the fact that ethnic minorities in China showed higher levels of both ethnic identity and national identity than U.S. and Russian respondents. These findings seem to support the argument that national identity is based on the multiethnic Chinese state, and they offer a rare empirical perspective on how the government can maintain the balance needed to preserve its legitimacy.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Kam Louie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 401 |
Release | 2008-06-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521863228 |
A wide-ranging and accessibly written guide to the key aspects of elite and popular culture in contemporary China.
National Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Party Identity in Taiwan
Title | National Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Party Identity in Taiwan PDF eBook |
Author | Chang-Yen Tsai |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 68 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Changing Identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese Since World War II
Title | Changing Identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese Since World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Cushman |
Publisher | Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | 357 |
Release | 1988-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9622092071 |
In June 1985, a symposium, "Changing Identities of the Southeast Asian Chinese since World War II" was held at the Australian National University in Canberra. This volume includes many of the papers from that symposium presented by ANU scholars and those from universities elsewhere in Australia, North America and Southeast Asia. Participants looked at the current thinking about the parameters of identity and shared their own research into the complex issues that overlapping categories of identity raise. Identity was chosen as the focus of the, symposium because perceptions of self - whether by others or by the individual Chinese concerned - appear to lie at the heart ' of the present-day Chinese experience in Southeast Asia, It is also evident that identity wears many guises and that we cannot talk about a single Chinese identity when identity can be determined by the different political, social, economic or religious circumstances an individual faces at any given time. One of the distinctive characteristics of all the essays in this volume is that they are written from an historical perspective. While the papers forcus on how recent developments in Southeast Asian society have shaped Chinese identity, they also discuss those changes in terms of the historical matrix from which they developed. Because many of the essays in this volume combine an historical overview with more recent statistical data, it should serve as a useful companion to the increasingly popular case studies in which much of the writing about the Chinese in Southeast Asia is now cast.
Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China
Title | Nationalism and Ethnoregional Identities in China PDF eBook |
Author | Safran William |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 210 |
Release | 2013-05-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1136324232 |
Western political scientists have tended to neglect the ethnic dimension in China, and have overemphasized the development from large empire to unified nation. This book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society.
Contestation and Adaptation
Title | Contestation and Adaptation PDF eBook |
Author | Enze Han |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2013-09-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0199936293 |
This book compares five major ethnic groups in China and how they negotiate their national identities with the Chinese nation-state: Uyghurs, Chinese Koreans, Dai, Mongols, and Tibetans. By studying their diverse pattern of national identity construction, it sheds light on the nation-building processes in China during the past six decades.