Yan Sun

From Empire to Nation State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A historical-political perspective on China's contemporary ethnic strife caused by its incomplete transition from empire to nation state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9781108840293
• ISBN-10: 1108840299
• Artikelnr.: 59644263

Autorenporträt

Yan Sun is Professor in the Department in Political Science at Queens College and at the Graduate Centre, The City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is Destabilizing about China's Ethnic Regions?
1. Changing Approaches to Identity: From Maintenance to Transformation
2. Changing Approaches to Ethnic Governance: From Loose Rein to Ethno-territorial Units
3. Changing Approaches to Policy Instruments: From Elite Cooptation to Egalitarian Strategies
4. The Rise of Identity Politics in Post-Mao China
5. Ethnic Autonomy and Its Discontents
6. Religious Revival and Its Discontents
7. Economic Modernization and Its Discontents
8. Educational Expansion and Its Discontents
Conclusion: From Empire to Nation State: Lessons and Reforms.