The disempowered development of Tibet in China : a study in the economics of marginalization / Andrew Martin Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Andrew Martin, 1967-

Series:

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.

Studies in modern Tibetan culture

Studies of the weatherhead East Asian institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Economic development.

Marginality, Social--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Marginality, Social.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Economic conditions.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the synergy between development and conflict in the Tibetan areas of Western China from the mid-1990s onward, when rapid economic growth occurred alongside a particularly assimilationist policy approach. Based on accessible economic analysis and extensive interdisciplinary fieldwork, it represents one of the only macro-level and systemic analyses of its kind in the scholarship on Tibet, and also holds much interest for those interested in China and in development and conflict more generally.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Note on Tibetan Spelling

Glossary (a Note on Terminology)

Acknowledgments

Preface: Reflections on Researching Development in Tibet

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China

Chapter 2: The Inception of Modern Development in Tibet under PRC Rule

Chapter 3: Population Foundations of Marginalization in Tibet

Chapter 4: Instituting Economic Growth and Marginalization in Tibet

Chapter 5: The Great Transformation of Tibet? Rapid Labor Transitions, Polarization, and the Emerging Fault Lines of Stratification in Urban Tibet

Chapter 6: 6The Education-Employment Nexus of Urban Exclusion in Tibet

Chaptre 7: Subsistence Capacity and the Material Foundations of Resistance

Chapter 8: Boycotts and Religious Networks: Counter-Strategies of Integration into the Heart of the New China

Chapter 9: Conclusion: From Polarization to Protest in Contemporary Tibet

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-3438-8

0-7391-3439-6

OCLC:

869641235