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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFull of fascinating detail and innovative perspectives . . . Fischer’s [book] is a seminal contribution to the literature on Tibet’s development. . . .[This book is] essential reading for anyone interested in Tibet’s current development. * ASIEN:The German Journal on Contemporary Asia *
This fascinating and scholarly book is essential reading for those interested in the economic and political development of Tibet – on which so little is known. But it also has global relevance and deserves a much wider audience, showing how political disempowerment and cultural discrimination can lead to strong political grievances, even in the presence of rapid economic growth and rising incomes. -- Frances Stewart, Professor of Development Economics and Director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford
The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China is a comprehensive and powerful account of contemporary economic and social development in Tibet. The book provides a panoramic survey of China’s economic and development polices on the Tibetan plateau using official statistics and fieldwork. The author convincingly argues that rapid economic growth has left the Tibetans marginalized and vulnerable. The book is scholarly, yet readable and it will be indispensable for students of development, activists concerned with neo-liberal globalization and those interested in comtemporary developments in Tibet. -- Tsering Shakya, the President of International Association for Tibetan Studies, University of British Columbia
This is an excellent and important study that anyone interested in understanding modern Sino-Tibetan relations must read! -- Melvyn C. Goldstein, Case Western Reserve University
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction: The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China Chapter Two: Historical Legacies of the Modern Development of Tibet Chapter Three: Population Foundations of Marginalization in Tibet Chapter Four: Instituting Economic Growth and Marginalization in Tibet Chapter Five: The Great Transformation of Tibet? Rapid Labor Transitions, Polarization and the Emerging Fault Lines of Stratification in Urban Tibet Chapter Six: The Education-Employment Nexus of Exclusion in Tibet Chapter Seven: Subsistence Capacity and the Material Foundations of Resistance Chapter Eight: Boycotts and Religious Networks: counter-strategies of integration Chapter Nine: Conclusion: From Polarization to Protest in Contemporary Tibet
