Is the process of state building a unilateral, national venture, or is it something more collaborative, taking place in the interstices between adjoining countries? 0To answer this question, Asymmetrical Neighbors takes a comparative look at the state building process along Chin…
Departing from existing literature on state building, this book proposes a novel theoretical approach that looks beyond the confines of state borders. Instead of looking at state building as a process determined by domestic factors, such as war preparation, political institution…
Departing from existing literature on state building, this book proposes a novel theoretical approach that looks beyond the confines of state borders. Instead of looking at state building as a process determined by domestic factors, such as war preparation, political institution…
Asymmetrical Neighbors takes a comparative look at the state building process along China, Myanmar, and Thailand's common borderland area.
Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a th…
Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a th…
Tha author unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation and adaptation among various ethnic minority groups in China, focusing on the interactions between domestic and international forces that inform ethnic groups' national-identity contestation and positing a th…
Contestation and Adaptation unravels the complexities of national-identity contestation among various ethnic minority groups in China. Simmering grievances and occasional outbursts of social unrest among ethnic minority populations in China challenge not only the ruling party's …
