Muthiah Alagappa

Taiwan's Presidential Politics

Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations in the Twenty-First Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Highly accessible and relevant in today's economic environment, Economic Issues Today offers a unique approach to understanding what the practice of economics is all about. The authors cover fourteen current economic issues, providing for each an analysis and proposed solution from three different ideological perspectives: Conservative, Liberal, and Radical. The book is written specifically for an undergraduate audience; it requires no background in economic analysis and avoids economic jargon in favor of plain, everyday language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780765608345
• ISBN-10: 0765608340
• Artikelnr.: 21155358

Autorenporträt

Muthiah Alagappa

Inhaltsangabe

Eastern Turkestan
now known as Xinjiang or the "New Territory
" makes up a sixth of China's land mass. Absorbed by the Qing in the 1880s and re-conquered by Mao in 1949
this Turkic-Muslim region of China's remote northwest borders on formerly Sovier Central Asia
Afghanistan
Kashmir
Mongolia
and Tibet. Will Xinjiang participate in China's twenty-first century ascendancy
or will nascent Islamic radicalism in Xinjiang expand the orbit of instability in a dangerous part of the world? The authors of this comprehensive survey have combined their fieldwork experience
linguistic skills
and disciplinary expertise to assemble the first multifaceted introduction to Xinjiang. The volume surveys the region's geography; its history of military and political subjugation to China; economic
social
and commercial conditions; demography
public health
and ecology; and patterns of adaptation
resistance
opposition
and evolving identities.