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Title

Poverty and exclusion of minorities in China and India / A.S. Bhalla, Special Professor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, and Dan Luo, Lecturer, School of Contemporaty Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham.

Author

Bhalla, A. S.

Publication

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Luo, Dan, 1983-

Description

xvii, 308 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations. Yet as minorities tend to be grouped in troubled border states they are of key strategic importance in the context of the global war on terror. In this global context, this book compares the regions of Jammu and Kashmir in India and Xinjiang in China, examining the incidence of poverty in terms of low and unequal incomes and lack of access to education, health and other public services. The book argues that economic and social factors (poverty, unemployment, inequalities, discrimination and social alienation) are more important in explaining social discontent, unrest and violence than political and religious factors such as the suppression of religious freedom and cultural identity and the violation of basic human rights. The global war on terror has diluted the domestic drive for self-determination for minorities in both China and India; their legitimate grievances are often confused with those of Islamic militants. The failures of the Chinese and Indian governments to address these grievances in the past may well have reinforced separatist tendencies. This book calls for a strategy to combine vigorous anti-poverty programs with the prevention of extremist infiltration from abroad as the only way to peaceful development.

Subject

• Muslims > China > Economic conditions
• Muslims > China > Social conditions
• Muslims > India > Social conditions
• Muslims > India > Economic conditions
• Minorities > China > Economic conditions
• Minorities > India > Economic conditions
• Poverty > China
• Poverty > India
• Poverty > Religious aspects
• Minorities > Economic conditions
• Muslims > Economic conditions
• Muslims > Social conditions
• Poverty
• Poverty > Religious aspects
• Minderheit
• Muslim
• Armut
• Ausgrenzung
• Minderheitenfrage
• Muslims > China > Economic conditions
• Muslims > China > Social conditions
• Muslims > India > Social conditions
• Muslims > India > Economic conditions
• Poverty > China
• Poverty > India
• China
• India
• Muslims
• Minorities
• Ethnicity
• Poverty
• Socio-economic conditions
• Soziale Ausgrenzung
• Ethnische Gruppe
• China
• Indien
• POVERTY
• MINORITIES
• ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS
• MUSLIMS
• INCOME DISTRIBUTION
• SOCIAL WELFARE
• TERRITORIAL CLAIMS
• JAMMU AND KASHMIR
• XINJIANG UYGUR (China)
• CHINA
• INDIA
• India

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and indexes.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Poverty, Ethnicity and Exclusion -- Ethnicity, religion and caste -- Ethnicity, caste and poverty -- Ethnicity and social exclusion -- Concluding remarks -- 2.Minorities in China and India -- Religious and ethnic minorities -- Demographic profiles of selected minorities -- Regional concentration of minorities -- Affirmative action for minorities -- A comparative perspective -- 3.Poverty Incidence among Minorities -- Poverty incidence in India -- Poverty incidence in China -- Poverty in the five Chinese autonomous regions -- Anti-poverty programme for China's Western region -- Indian anti-poverty programmes for minorities -- 4.Inequalities and Access -- Methodology for estimating income inequality -- Empirical evidence of income inequality -- Educational access and attainment -- Health status and access to health care -- Concluding remarks -- 5.Minority Migrants -- The extent of minority migration in China and India -- CASS (2002) migration data for China -- Income and employment of Chinese migrants -- Poverty incidence among Indian migrants -- Chinese migrants' perceptions of their well-being -- 6.Jammu and Kashmir (India) and Xinjiang (China) -- Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Xinjiang (China) -- A comparative picture -- Concluding remarks -- 7.Minority Inclusion and Welfare -- Political representation -- Participation in public and private sectors -- Local participation -- The impact of inclusion on minority welfare -- A China-India comparison -- Concluding remarks -- 8.Minorities in a Global Perspective -- Muslim and Tibetan minorities in China and India -- A global perspective -- Xinjiang (China) -- Tibet (China) -- Kashmir (India) -- The impact of globalization on minorities -- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780230361010
• 0230361013

LCCN

2012533096

OCLC

• ocn821268008
• 821268008
• SCSB-14446867

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library