Economic Development in China's Northwest - 9781138041479

Name: Economic Development in China's Northwest - 9781138041479
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Economic Development in China's NorthwestEntrepreneurship and identity along Chinas multi-ethnic borderlands\nAuthor(s): Joshua Bird\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138041479, 978-1138041479\nSynopsis\nUnder the ethnic affairs management regime established by the Peoples Republic of China, every Chinese citizen is classified within one of 56 state-recognised nationalities. Government policy assumes that these nationalities differ from one another primarily in their levels of economic development, and asserts that ethnic divisions and identities fade with the gradual achievement of economic and social equality. As a result, economic development policy in minority nationality areas has often constituted a replica of the model which has already proven successful in Chinas Han-Chinese dominated east. \n\nResearch conducted across five locations in Chinas Northwest paints a far more complex picture, however. This boo.