| ID | 144460 |
| Title Proper | Horizontal inequalities and sons of the soil conflict in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Côté, Isabelle |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Why are large population movements conflict-prone in some regions while they remain peacefully integrated elsewhere? I argue that clashes between ethnically distinct indigenous populations and migrants – i.e. ‘Sons of the Soil (SoS) conflict’ – erupt when there are large socio-economic and political horizontal inequalities between ‘dominant migrants’ and locals. A comparative case study of two Chinese minority regions based on ethnographic fieldwork and population data provides a vivid illustration of the mechanisms linking migration to SoS conflict. With fewer HIs between migrants and locals, Inner Mongolia avoided many of the violent clashes that were commonplace in Qinghai, a province fraught with disparities. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 17, No.3; Sep 2015: p.357-378 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 17 No 3 |
| Key Words | China ; Soil Conflict ; Horizontal Inequalities |