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The rise of ethnicity under China's market reforms

journal contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Jiaping WuJiaping Wu
This article investigates the dynamic relationship between economic development and the identification of ethnic minorities and argues that identification of China's ethnic minorities manifests itself at various levels. At the national level, the introduction of market mechanisms and economic growth initiatives have been concentrated predominantly in the coastal areas and metropolises, and are thus increasingly distant from ethnic minorities, a disproportionate majority of which reside in the western parts of the country. This growing regional disparity has placed ethnic regions and populations in a distinctly unfavourable position in terms of economic engagement and development. Regional development in the ethnic-minority homelands has been characterized by the representation and reinvention of ethnic cultural traditions and the production of cultural economies. Unequal economic growth has resulted in a massive migration of ethnic minorities to the cities. Simultaneously, urban development has reinforced ethnic identity, particularly through urban labour-market development. Urban and regional development has, in turn, led to the production, activation and magnification of ethnic identity at individual and group levels.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

38

Issue

3

Start Page

967

End Page

984

Number of Pages

18

eISSN

1468-2427

Location

London

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Not affiliated to a Research Institute; School of Education and the Arts (2013- );

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

International journal of urban and regional research.