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Ben Hillman (Ed.) - Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China´s West - 9780231169981 - V9780231169981
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Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China´s West

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Description for Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China´s West Hardback. Editor(s): Hillman, Ben; Tuttle, Gray. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JFSL; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Despite more than a decade of rapid economic development, rising living standards, and large-scale improvements in infrastructure and services, China's western borderlands are awash in a wave of ethnic unrest not seen since the 1950s. Through on-the-ground interviews and firsthand observations, the international experts in this volume create an invaluable record of the conflicts and protests as they have unfolded-the most extensive chronicle of events to date. The authors examine the factors driving the unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang and the political strategies used to suppress them. They also explain why certain areas have seen higher concentrations of ethnic-based violence ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231169981
SKU
V9780231169981
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About Ben Hillman (Ed.)
Ben Hillman is senior lecturer in comparative politics at the Crawford School of Public Policy and fellow at the Research School of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. He has published widely on Chinese politics and ethnic politics in Asia. He has also worked as an adviser to the United Nations on postconflict governance and the incorporation ... Read more

Reviews for Ethnic Conflict and Protest in Tibet and Xinjiang: Unrest in China´s West
Ethnic unrest in Tibet and among the Uyghurs in Xinjiang is very much in the news and is a subject of great academic and public interest. It is hard to research because the Chinese government limits access to these areas. Nonetheless, these resourceful and courageous scholars have managed to access these regions, find out what is troubling the ethnic minority ... Read more

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