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ID110075
Title ProperSovereignty, ethnicity, and culture
Other Title Informationthe Tibetan issue in an institutionalist perspective
LanguageENG
AuthorHao, Zhidong
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The central government's pouring of money into the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) or other Tibetan autonomous areas is apparently not really easing the tension in these regions. In response to Western criticism of the Chinese government policy in Tibet, President Hu Jintao says that the Tibetan problem is not about ethnicity, religion, or human rights, but about national unity or integrity. In fact, the Tibetan problem is about all of these things, and they are intertwined with one another. This paper attempts to understand each of them from an institutionalist perspective and to see in what way such an understanding of the problems may help solve them. Specifically, I first explain new institutionalism. Then I analyze the following problems from mainly a sociological new institutionalist perspective: (1) sovereignty and autonomy; (2) ethnicity and human rights; and (3) culture and religion. Finally I look at the possibility of social change under the institutionalist constraints. It is true that much research has been done on the Tibetan issue and the solution of it, but rarely do we see an institutionalist analysis. I hope that such an analysis will shed light on the understanding of the problem and help avoid the scene we see in the quote at the start of this paper.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Contemporary China Vol. 21, No. 73; Jan 2012: p.131-147
Journal SourceJournal of Contemporary China Vol. 21, No. 73; Jan 2012: p.131-147
Key WordsSovereignty ;  Ethnicity ;  Culture ;  Tibetan Issue ;  Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) ;  Chinese Government Policy in Tibet ;  Human Rights ;  China


 
 
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