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Autonomy, Ethnicity, and Poverty in Southwestern China: The State Turned Upside Down

By Chih-yu Shih

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1403984468, 9781403984463, 9780230609341
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
945 kB (967505 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
272\273
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Chinese state reaches out to ethnic communities in three different channels of autonomy, ethnicity, and poverty.  However, each of these channels designates a submissive position to ethnic citizenship.  Amidst theoretical uncertainty on how the state has affected local communities, ethnic minorities can develop subjectivity.  Through this, they can sincerely participate in the state's policy agenda, conveniently incorporate the state into the ethnic identity, give feedback to the state within the framework of official discourse, or hide behind the state to evade ethnic identification.  Rather than finding a life outside the state, the ethnic communities can, in one way or another, position themselves inside the state.

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