Does the Interpretation of Self-determination Affect Autonomy Struggles in Asia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12891740
AutoresHari Har Jnawali (0000-0002-3780-194X, University of Waterloo, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas219-240
Fecha de publicación2023-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449057.2023.2287386
OpenAlexW4389521722
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas35

The anti-colonial interpretation of the right to self-determination has affected the minorities’ autonomy struggles in China and Nepal. The Tibetans in China and the Madheshis in Nepal urge their governments to recognise their self-determination through autonomy. However, the Chinese and Nepalese governments interpret self-determination as the right to independence and hesitate to provide autonomy. Against this background, this paper examines the following question: How has the anti-colonial interpretation of self-determination determined the response of the Nepalese and Chinese governments to ethnic autonomy? It argues that the anti-colonial interpretation has encouraged the Chinese and Nepalese governments to consider autonomy as the other name for self-determination that has independence as its goal. This perception leads these Asian governments to reject ethnic autonomy. These governments thus i) question the sincerity of nationalist movements, ii) refuse the ethnonational narratives of identities and belongingness, and iii) provide limited autonomy

Autonomy · China · Independence (probability theory · Indigenous · Interpretation (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Gender Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies