{"product_id":"2940149421176","title":"Uyghurs in Xinjiang: United or Divided Against the PRC?","description":"Since the late 1980s, international attention to the Turkic Muslim group known as\u003cbr\u003ethe Uyghurs has increased. Interest in Uyghurs has expanded primarily for two\u003cbr\u003ereasons—reports of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs by the Chinese\u003cbr\u003egovernment, and acts of violence and alleged terrorism by Uyghurs against the Chinese\u003cbr\u003egovernment and Han citizens. The last decade has witnessed a significant increase of\u003cbr\u003eHans in the region of Xinjiang in the northwestern part of the People’s Republic of China\u003cbr\u003e(PRC) and ethnic tensions have intensified as a direct result of this increase. It is\u003cbr\u003eestimated that in the period of 1990 to 2000, between one to two million Han migrants\u003cbr\u003emoved into the region, contributing to the total 7.49 million Hans living in Xinjiang (40.6\u003cbr\u003epercent) in 2000.1 The Han population growth rate between 1990 and 2000 was 31.6\u003cbr\u003epercent—twice that of the ethnic population.2 Uyghurs argue that the changing\u003cbr\u003edemographics reveal the deliberate sinicization of Xinjiang by Chinese authorities.\u003cbr\u003eThe contentious relationship between the Uyghurs and the Chinese government\u003cbr\u003ehas been the focus of many works. The purpose of this thesis, however, is to answer the\u003cbr\u003equestion of how the Chinese government’s policies toward the Uyghurs in Xinjiang have\u003cbr\u003einfluenced the political consolidation of the Uyghurs. Have the policies served to\u003cbr\u003eunintentionally unify the Uyghurs in opposition against a common adversary, or have\u003cbr\u003ethey served to divide and fractionalize the population? In examining the responses of\u003cbr\u003eUyghurs to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule in Xinjiang, this thesis asks whether\u003cbr\u003eor not the policies have increased or decreased Uyghur political consolidation.\u003cbr\u003eThree inter-related aspects of political consolidation are examined: Uyghur\u003cbr\u003eidentity, interests, and Islamic mobilization. First, have Chinese policies......","brand":"Pennyhill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075571695856,"sku":"2940149421176","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149421176_p0.jpg?v=1763716784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149421176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}