China's Minorities on the Move - Selected Case Studies

The movement of Han Chinese into minority regions has been a long-standing pattern in China. However, China's minorities have taken longer to start moving in significant numbers and have now become part of a social change phenomenon, motivated by economic, social, and political factors. This book looks at how current changes in China are affecting the minority population. The case studies focus on how population shifts and the movement of China's minorities impact such issues as education, ethnic identity, the environment, local economy, labor, and regional development. Han-minority interactions within a number of regions are also examined.

List of contents

I: Introduction; 1: Overview of Minority Migration; 2: Minority Movement and Education; II: Inner Mongolia; 3: Contemporary Mongolian Population Distribution, Migration, Cultural Change, and Identity; 4: Ethnic Groups in Hohhot: Migration, Settlement, and Intergroup Exchanges; III: Xinjiang; 5: Impacts of Migration to Xinjiang Since the 1950s; 6: Population Distribution and Relations Among Ethnic Groups in the Kashgar Region, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; 7: Uyghur Movement Within Xinjiang and Its Ethnic Identity and Cultural Implications; IV: Contexts and Patterns of Migration; 8: Ethnic Minority Labor Out-migrants from Guizhou Province and Their Influence on Sending Areas; 9: Socioeconomic Impacts of Uyghur Movement to Beijing

About the author

Robyn Iredale, Naran Bilik, Guo Fei

Summary

China's minorities have now become part of a social change phenomenon, motivated by economic, social and political factors. This work looks at how current changes in China are affecting the minority population.

Product details

• Authors: Naran Bilik, Bilik Naran, Guo Fei, Fei Guo, Robyn Iredale, Iredale Robyn
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2003
• EAN: 9780765610232
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-1023-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 530 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General