| ID | 187929 |
| Title Proper | Comparative Ethnic Territorially-based Autonomy in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia of China 2010-2015 |
| Other Title Information | an analytical framework |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tsakhirmaa, Sansar |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article proposes an analytical framework to address why implemented autonomy outcomes may differ across ethnically-defined autonomous regions in China. The framework consists of a structural explanatory variable, inter-ethnic boundary-making processes, and an agential intervening variable, titular elites’ representation in the ethno-regional state. It is applied to a synchronic comparison of four ethno-regions with differing autonomy outcomes for 2010–2015, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia. Titular elites’ representation in the ethno-regional state is used as a proxy for titular elites’ bargaining capacity with the central state. This article argues that an ‘integration-distinction balance,’ or rather, higher inter-ethnic integration combined with robust consciousness of inter-ethnic distinction, can contribute to titular elites’ representation in the ethno-regional state, which can lead to greater autonomy outcome for the ethno-region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 31, No.138; Nov 2022: p. 949-976 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol: 31 No 138 |
| Key Words | Tibet ; Ethnic Territorially ; Autonomy in Xinjiang ; Inner Mongolia and Ningxia |