The Uyghur Lobby: Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress

ISBN-13: 9780815375593 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 148 str.

Yu-Wen Chen

Opis

This book explores the global operations and sister groups of the Uyghur Diaspora umbrella organization, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC). It examines the WUC’s networks, the coalitions it has formed as well as the strategies it pursues to raise the public profile of Uyghur issues on the international stage. This unique and timely study reveals how an issue concerning a Chinese minority has been catapulted onto the wider global political stage, and how Uyghur groups and successfully raising their visibility. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars working on Chinese politics, the Uyghur issue, and minority and ethnic politics, social movements, human rights, and international politics more broadly.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Rise of the World Uyghur Congress 3. International Networks 4. Online Networks  5. A Minor but Rising Influence in America 6. Struggling for Attention in Germany 7. Uyghur Networks in Japan 8. China’s Competing Discourses and Strategies 9. Conclusions

O autorze

Yu-Wen Chen is a Lecturer in Government at University College Cork, Ireland.