1st Edition
Violence, Discourse, and Politics in China’s Uyghur Region The Terroristization of Xinjiang
By Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino
Copyright 2023
262 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
262 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
262 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book investigates how Uyghur-related violent conflict and Uyghur ethnic minority identity, religion, and the Xinjiang region, more broadly, became constituted as a ‘terrorism’ problem for the Chinese state.
Building on securitization theory, Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS), and the scholarly definitional debate on terrorism, it develops the concept of terroristization as a critical... Read more
Introduction
1. From Securitization to ‘Terroristization’
2. Securitizing Xinjiang: The Years of ‘Counterrevolution’ (1978-1990)
3. The Proto-Terroristization of Xinjiang: ‘Striking Hard’ against the ‘Three Forces’ (1991-2001)
4. The Terroristization of Xinjiang (2001-2020): Waging a People’s War on Terror
Conclusion
Biography
Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK.
