Violence, Discourse, and Politics in China's Uyghur Region: The Terroristization of Xinjiang

ISBN-13: 9781032311036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

UK) Rodriguez-Me Pablo A. (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK.