Title Poverty and exclusion of minorities in China and India / A.S. Bhalla, Dan Luo

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Poverty, Ethnicity and Exclusion -- Minorities in China and India -- Poverty Incidence among Minorities -- Inequalities and Access -- Minority Migrants -- Xinjiang (China) vs. Jammu & Kashmir (India) -- Social Inclusion and Welfare -- Minorities in a Global Perspective Summary Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations. Yet as these minorities tend to be grouped in troubled border states they are of key strategic importance in the context of the global war on terror. In this global context, this book compares the regions of Jammu and Kashmir in India and Xinjiang in China, examining the incidence of poverty in terms of low and unequal incomes and lack of access to education, health and other public services. The book argues that economic and social factors (poverty, unemployment, inequalities, discrimination and social alienation) are more important in explaining social discontent, unrest and violence than political and religious factors such as the suppression of religious freedom and cultural identity and the violation of basic human rights. The global war on terror has diluted the domestic drive for self-determination for minorities in both China and India; their legitimate grievances are often confused with those of Islamic militants. The failures of the Chinese and Indian governments to address these grievances in the past may well have reinforced separatist tendencies. This book calls for a strategy to combine vigorous anti-poverty programmes with the prevention of extremist infiltration from abroad as the only way to peaceful development Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and indexes Subject Muslims -- China -- Economic conditions Muslims -- India -- Economic conditions Muslims -- China -- Social conditions Muslims -- India -- Social conditions Poverty -- China Poverty -- India Poverty -- Religious aspects. Political economy -- China -- India. Development economics & emerging economies -- China -- India. Poverty & unemployment -- China -- India. Islamic studies -- China -- India. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Economics. Muslims -- Economic conditions Muslims -- Social conditions Poverty Poverty -- Religious aspects China India Form Electronic book Author Luo, Dan, 1983- ISBN 9781137283535 113728353X 9781349348237 1349348236

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