Poverty and exclusion of minorities in China and India

Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror. In this global context, this book explores whether economics is more important than the...

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Main Authors Bhalla, A, Luo, D
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Edition1
Subjects
Access to education
Access to health care
Alienation
Armut
Border regions
China
Development
Discrimination
Economic conditions
Ethnic minorities
Ethnische Gruppe
Extremism
Human rights
Income inequality
India
Indien
Jammu Kashmir
Management science
Militants
Minorities
Muslims
Muslims > China > Economic conditions
Muslims > China > Social conditions
Muslims > India > Economic conditions
Muslims > India > Social conditions
Poverty
Poverty > China
Poverty > India
Poverty > Religious aspects
Separatism
Social conditions
Social exclusion
Social unrest
Soziale Ausgrenzung
Unemployment
Violence
War on terror
Xinjiang
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ISBN9780230361010
0230361013
DOI10.1057/9781137283535

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Summary:Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror. In this global context, this book explores whether economics is more important than the suppression of rights in explaining social unrest.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and indexes
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ISBN:9780230361010
0230361013
DOI:10.1057/9781137283535