Ruling, Resources and Religion in China - Managing the Multiethnic State in the 21st Century (Hardcover)

China is not an easy country to rule: it is experiencing rapid growth and with it rapid social change. Resources and religion are two of the most difficult of its challenges, and their combination with ethnicity is not unique to China. It may well be one of the major underlying currents of the 21st century and is present throughout Asia-with the Baloch of Pakistan, the Kurds of Iraq and Turkey, and the Timorese of the former island of East Timor in Indonesia, now Timor-Lest. In all these nations, as in China, ethnic identity, often united with religious differences, is driven by the presence of valuable resources to create a nationalism with economic underpinnings. However, as Van Wie Davis shows, with China the outcome is vital, as how it copes with the pressures for good governance with the Asian economic model, treats its ethnic minorities under scrutiny, and gathers resources to fuel its dynamic economy impacts us all.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Elizabeth Van Wie Davis
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-03383-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	1-137-03383-5
Barcode:	9781137033833

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