1st Edition

Law, Policy, and Practice on China's Periphery Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity

By Pitman B. Potter Copyright 2011
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the Chinese government’s policies and practices for relations with the Inner Periphery areas of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan focusing on themes of political authority, socio-cultural relations, and economic development. China’s history may be seen as one of managing the geographic periphery surrounding China proper.... Read more

Introduction  1. Overview  2. Political Authority in the Inner Periphery  3. Socio-Cultural Relations in the Inner Periphery  4. Economy and Development in the Inner Periphery  5. Implications for the Outer Periphery Conclusion

Biography

Pitman Potter is Director of the Institute of Asian Research and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, USA.