Xiaowei Zang
Biographic Data
| ID | 98940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaowei Zang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaowei |
| FAMILY NAME | Zang |
| SIGNATURE | ZANG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0242-685X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 238 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Do All Roads Lead to Rome? A Review of the Literature on Succession Politics in China
Political elites have a tremendous influence on past, present and future socioeconomic and political developments in both western and non-western countries. Unsurprisingly, the analysis of China’s elites has been crucial in the study of politics there. A large body of literature has examined the members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a stronghold of the nation’s political elites. Given the growing interest and research o…
Environmental accidents and environmental legislation in China: Evidence from provincial panel data (1997–2014)
Knowledge on environmental disasters and legislation is limited. I narrow this knowledge gap by examining the relationship between environmental accidents and climate legislation in the People's Republic of China. I offer an account of local environmental accidents and local environmental legislation and focus on political centralization to understand bill submission and bill enactment in local climate legislation in China. I built a unique provi…
Are Street-Level Bureaucrats in China Hardnosed Cops or Consultants? An Institutional Account of Policing Behavior in Autocracy
Chengguan (城管) is part of the stability maintenance regime specializing in civil law enforcement in China. Many protests today have occurred in reaction to Chengguan harsh enforcement rather than police action. Using survey data (n = 1,721) from China, the authors found both severity and leniency in Chengguan law enforcement. The authors also found that Chengguan enforcement styles are largely conciliatory rather than legalistic, and that Chenggu…
Exploring frontline work in China
This study of the state frontline workforce breaks new ground by conducting an institutional analysis of rule abidance in the People's Republic of China ( PRC ). We draw upon a survey ( n = 1,721) of Chengguan officers, the main players in regulatory enforcement of civil law in urban China, to explore the influence of autocratic one‐party rule on the meaning of and variation in rule abidance in China. The majority of Chengguan officers are rule f…
Introduction: Who are ethnic minorities and how well do they do in China?
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Research on Street-Level Discretion in the West: Past, Present, and the Future
Handbook on Ethnic Minorities in China
In chapter 2, Ma Jianxiong provides an overall view and general information about ethnic minorities in southwestern China. This region includes Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Ma starts with a discussion of the geographic distribution of ethnic populations in this region, which he describes as one of the most culturally diverse areas in China and the world. He then examines the system of …
Socioeconomic attainment, cultural tastes, and ethnic identity: Class subjectivities among Uyghurs in Ürümchi
Many scholars have cited socioeconomic status, cultural tastes, and group reference as the major determinants of class identification. Few have conceptualized minority ethnicity as a vital source of class subjectivities, however. I address this knowledge gap in this paper by examining Uyghur subjective class status in Ürümchi, China. I show that income and occupational attainment are not correlated with Uyghur choices of class labels. I also show…
Language, Education and Uyghur Identity in Urban Xinjiang
1. Language, Education, and Uyghur Identity: An Introductory Essay Joanne Smith Finley and Xiaowei Zang 2. Major Determinants of Uyghur Ethnic Consciousness in UErumchi Xiaowei Zang 3. Between Minkaohan and Minkaomin: Discourses on Assimilation amongst Bilingual Urban Uyghurs David Tobin 4. The Construction of Uyghur Urban Youth Identity through Language Use Ablimit Baki Elterish 5. Second/Third Language Learning and Uyghur Identity: Language in …
Understanding Chinese Society
How Do Rural Elites Reproduce Privileges in Post-1978 China? Local corporatism, informal bargaining and opportunistic parasitism
Many scholars have shown that cadre status is associated with cadre earnings advantages in rural China. What is less clear from the published research is how political power is used by rural elites to generate personal gains. We narrow this knowledge gap by studying three main mechanisms whereby cadre privileges are reproduced in rural China. Using ethnographic data from three rural townships in Guangdong province, we show that local economies ha…
Gender Roles and Ethnic Variation in Educational Attainment in Ürümchi
Ethnic variation in network composition in Ürümchi: Do State Policies Matter
This paper examines the inter-group difference in social leverage ties between Uyghurs and Han Chinese in Ürümchi, China. Social leverage ties refer to high-status ties such as professionals and managers who can provide egos with information or access to education, training, employment, etc. Existing studies have suggested three hypotheses (i.e. retention of culture, homophily and neighbourhood poverty) for the mechanisms of ethnic differences in…
Major Determinants of Uyghur Ethnic Consciousness in Ürümchi
Rising Uyghur ethnic consciousness in the post-1978 era is believed to cause tense Uyghur-Han relations and conflicts in Xinjiang. There are different accounts linking rising Uyghur consciousness with variables such as Han migration into Xinjiang, ethnic inequalities, Uyghur language, and Islamic religiosity. Yet there is no concrete effort to summarize, elaborate, and verify these accounts. Nor is there a quantitative study of the levels of Uygh…
Uyghur Support for Economic Justice in Ürümchi
Islam, Family Life, and Gender Inequality in Urban China
This book studies the relationship between Islam, family processes, and gender inequality among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi, China. Empirically, it shows in quantitative terms the extent of gender inequalities among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi and tests whether the gender inequalities are a difference in kind or in degree. It examines five aspects of gender inequality: employment, income, household task accomplishment, home management, and spousal po…
Scaling the Socioeconomic Ladder: Uyghur perceptions of class status
This paper asks: do most Uyghurs perceive themselves to be middle class or lower class? What are the major determinants of their perceptions? Data are drawn from a 2007 survey (N = 900) conducted in Ürümchi in China. This paper focuses on individualized and subjective hierarchical differentiation and reports three main findings about class identity among Uyghurs. Firstly, class identity is not closely linked to occupational attainment and income …
Group Threat and Ethnic Variation in Party Membership Attainment in China
Many scholars have examined how human capital, geography, etc. have shaped patterns of ethnic inequality in China. This paper studies the role the state plays in producing inter-group disparities in China. It discusses the link between the state and minority threat and explains how the linkage produces ethnic variation in entry into the Chinese Communist Party. Data are drawn from two surveys (N = 3,619) on Han Chinese, Hui, and Uyghurs conducted…
Age and the Cost of Being Uyghurs in Ürümchi
This article asks: is the cost of being Uyghurs higher for young Uyghurs than for old Uyghurs in Ürümchi? I address this question with data from a survey of 2,947 people conducted in Ürümchi in 2005. The cost of being Uyghurs refers to the extent of economic inequality in the earnings of Han Chinese and Uyghurs. I develop three hypotheses on the effect of age on earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs. Data analyses show that altho…
Islam, Family Life, and Gender Inequality in Urban China
Perceptions of Masculinity and Femininity among Uyghur Muslims in China
The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI) is the most frequently tested gender role instrument. However, many studies have examined the BSRI with convenient samples drawn from university campuses. Moreover, the link regarding the BSRI’s cross-cultural applicability is weak. To partly address these two issues, this paper examines whether the BSRI is applicable to Uyghur Muslims in China. Data are drawn from a survey on Uyghurs (N = 844) conducted in Urumc…
Uyghur Islamic Piety in Ürümchi, Xinjiang
Using survey data gathered in 2005, this paper examines Uyghur religiosity in Ürümchi, Xinjiang. Religiosity is defined in terms of religious self-identification and the frequency of prayers. I provide data on the distribution of religiosity and discuss some possible determinants of religiosity among Uyghur respondents in Ürümchi. Data analyses show that young Uyghurs, better educated Uyghurs, Uyghur professionals, and Uyghur state workers are le…
Labor Market Segmentation and Income Inequality in Urban China
Though central to the market transition debate, the effect of the institutional realignment on stratification order has not been adequately addressed. I reformulate market transition hypotheses and use data from a recent survey in a Chinese city to test market transition theory and path dependence arguments. I make the linkage between literatures on labor market segmentation and literatures on market transition. I show different returns to human …
Uyghur—han Earnings Differentials in Ürümchi
Handbook on Ethnic Minorities in China
In chapter 2, Ma Jianxiong provides an overall view and general information about ethnic minorities in southwestern China. This region includes Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Ma starts with a discussion of the geographic distribution of ethnic populations in this region, which he describes as one of the most culturally diverse areas in China and the world. He then examines the system of …
Market Reforms and Han–Muslim Variation in Employment in the Chinese State Sector in a Chinese City
Gender and Ethnic Variation in Arranged Marriages in a Chinese City
Using a data set ( N = 1,600) collected in the city of Urumchi in 2005, this article examines ethnic differences in arranged marriages in urban China. Data analysis shows a rapid decline in parental arrangement for both Uyghur Muslims and Han Chinese in Urumchi. Han Chinese are less likely than Uyghur Muslims to report arranged marriages, with main background characteristics being controlled. However, the differences between Uyghur men and Han me…
Affirmative Action, Economic Reforms, and Han–Uyghur Variation in Job Attainment in the State Sector in Urumchi
Have workers of minority status suffered labour market discrimination in China? Do all actors in the state sector discriminate against minority workers? What are the rationales for discrimination? To address these questions, I compare two ethnic groups (Han Chinese and Uyghur) with regard to job attainment in the state sector. Data are from a 2005 survey (N = 2,947) conducted in Ürümchi, China. Data analysis shows that controlling background char…
Ethnicity and Urban Life in China
This much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in contemporary China. Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between March 2001 and July 2004, it looks at the contrast between the urban life of the Han people, the ethnic majority in the city of Lanzhou, and the Hui people, the largest ethnic minority in the city, and assesses the link between minority ethnicit…
Exploring frontline work in China
This study of the state frontline workforce breaks new ground by conducting an institutional analysis of rule abidance in the People's Republic of China ( PRC ). We draw upon a survey ( n = 1,721) of Chengguan officers, the main players in regulatory enforcement of civil law in urban China, to explore the influence of autocratic one‐party rule on the meaning of and variation in rule abidance in China. The majority of Chengguan officers are rule f…
Network Resources and Job Search in Urban China
I examine the role of network resources in job search in urban China between 1988 and 2000. Data are from a recent survey in a Chinese city. I show that personal networks still contribute positively to job search in the post-1988 period. Network resources are mobilized to influence both access to job information and assistance in job attainment. However, job seekers without university education have greater incentives than college graduates to us…
Age and the Cost of Being Uyghurs in Ürümchi
This article asks: is the cost of being Uyghurs higher for young Uyghurs than for old Uyghurs in Ürümchi? I address this question with data from a survey of 2,947 people conducted in Ürümchi in 2005. The cost of being Uyghurs refers to the extent of economic inequality in the earnings of Han Chinese and Uyghurs. I develop three hypotheses on the effect of age on earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs. Data analyses show that altho…
Technical training, sponsored mobility, and functional differentiation: Elite formation in China in the reform era
Elite formation in state socialism is a key issue in both comparative mobility research and political sociology. Several perspectives have been proposed to explain the relative role of political loyalty and education in political mobility: a dual career path model, a party-sponsored mobility hypothesis, and a technocracy thesis. I propose an alternative approach, emphasizing the role of functional differentiation and its effect on elite recruitme…
Uyghur Islamic Piety in Ürümchi, Xinjiang
Using survey data gathered in 2005, this paper examines Uyghur religiosity in Ürümchi, Xinjiang. Religiosity is defined in terms of religious self-identification and the frequency of prayers. I provide data on the distribution of religiosity and discuss some possible determinants of religiosity among Uyghur respondents in Ürümchi. Data analyses show that young Uyghurs, better educated Uyghurs, Uyghur professionals, and Uyghur state workers are le…
Major Determinants of Uyghur Ethnic Consciousness in Ürümchi
Rising Uyghur ethnic consciousness in the post-1978 era is believed to cause tense Uyghur-Han relations and conflicts in Xinjiang. There are different accounts linking rising Uyghur consciousness with variables such as Han migration into Xinjiang, ethnic inequalities, Uyghur language, and Islamic religiosity. Yet there is no concrete effort to summarize, elaborate, and verify these accounts. Nor is there a quantitative study of the levels of Uygh…
Gender roles and ethnic income inequality in Ürümchi
n This paper examines the effect of gender roles on earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs in Urumchi, China, using data from a survey (N = 1,600) conducted in Urumchi in 2005. It finds sizable earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs. However, the differences in income between Uyghur men and Han men fade away controlling for socioeconomic variables. No similar patterns are found among women. Earnings differentials b…
Ecological Succession and Asian Immigrants in Australia
In recent immigration policy debates in Australia, it has been asserted that Asian immigrants concentrate in ethnic ghettos, thus posing a threat to the social cohesion of Australian society. This assertion has been based mainlyon selective observations made by anti‐immigration groups. Nevertheless, it is more or less consistent with expectations of an ecological succession model that has guided studies on patterns of housing consumption behaviou…
Residential Choices of Immigrants in Australia
In recent years Asian-Australians, especially those born in Indochina, have become a target of criticism by anti-immigration groups which accuse them of choosing to live only in ¿closed societies' and ¿ethnic ghettos' in Australian cities.... Evidence presented in the article shows clearly that while immigrant groups may prefer to settle in close proximity of their family and kin for practical and/or emotional reasons, their preference is not eth…
Are Street-Level Bureaucrats in China Hardnosed Cops or Consultants? An Institutional Account of Policing Behavior in Autocracy
Chengguan (城管) is part of the stability maintenance regime specializing in civil law enforcement in China. Many protests today have occurred in reaction to Chengguan harsh enforcement rather than police action. Using survey data (n = 1,721) from China, the authors found both severity and leniency in Chengguan law enforcement. The authors also found that Chengguan enforcement styles are largely conciliatory rather than legalistic, and that Chenggu…
Social resources, class habitus and friendship ties in urban China
This article draws insights from social resource theory and class habitus theory to study friendship choices in urban China. Data are from two surveys conducted in two Chinese cities in 2000 and 2001 respectively. Data analysis shows that cross-status friendships are negatively related to both cadre status and professional status in urban China. However, in-group association is more closely related to instrumentality than to cultural distinction.…
The consolidation of political technocracy in china: The fourteenth and fifteenth central committees of the CCP
Analysis of information from the Fourteenth and Fifteen Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party reveals that both party bureaucrats and technocrats are represented in the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. The present Chinese leadership can be best characterized as a political technocracy. Party bureaucrats and technocrats need each other to stay in power. A political technocracy is a very stable polity not only because of elite…
Provincial Elite in Post-Mao China
Research Article| June 01 1991 Provincial Elite in Post-Mao China Xiaowei Zang Xiaowei Zang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (6): 512–525. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645080 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Xiaowei Zang; Prov…
Socioeconomic attainment, cultural tastes, and ethnic identity: Class subjectivities among Uyghurs in Ürümchi
Many scholars have cited socioeconomic status, cultural tastes, and group reference as the major determinants of class identification. Few have conceptualized minority ethnicity as a vital source of class subjectivities, however. I address this knowledge gap in this paper by examining Uyghur subjective class status in Ürümchi, China. I show that income and occupational attainment are not correlated with Uyghur choices of class labels. I also show…
Group Threat and Ethnic Variation in Party Membership Attainment in China
Many scholars have examined how human capital, geography, etc. have shaped patterns of ethnic inequality in China. This paper studies the role the state plays in producing inter-group disparities in China. It discusses the link between the state and minority threat and explains how the linkage produces ethnic variation in entry into the Chinese Communist Party. Data are drawn from two surveys (N = 3,619) on Han Chinese, Hui, and Uyghurs conducted…
Intercorporate Ties in Singapore
Sociological literature on corporate networks in the West has relied heavily on a resource dependency perspective. Research on inter-firm relations among Chinese firms in East and Southeast Asia has been guided by a Chinese network approach. Relying on a 1992 data set of 107 big Chinese firms in Singapore, I show that firm behavior of large Chinese companies is influenced by both Chinese business tradition and Western corporate culture. Exclusive…
Household Structure and Marriage in Urban China: 1900-1982
Most current China experts either advocate or accept the notion that the significant shift from a joint to a conjugal family structure occurred after the 1949 Communist takeover. Using a representative sample of 5,057 ever-married women in China's five cities, I found that the conjugal relationship developed to a significant degree in urban China at least since the 1930s. The 1949 Communist takeover is not a watershed year for the changeover from…
Research on Street-Level Discretion in the West: Past, Present, and the Future
Provincial Elite in Post-Mao China
Research Article| June 01 1991 Provincial Elite in Post-Mao China Xiaowei Zang Xiaowei Zang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (6): 512–525. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645080 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Xiaowei Zang; Prov…
The Fourteenth Central Committee of the CCP: Technocracy or Political Technocracy
Research Article| August 01 1993 The Fourteenth Central Committee of the CCP: Technocracy or Political Technocracy? Xiaowei Zang Xiaowei Zang Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1993) 33 (8): 787–803. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645088 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite…
Household Structure and Marriage in Urban China: 1900-1982
Most current China experts either advocate or accept the notion that the significant shift from a joint to a conjugal family structure occurred after the 1949 Communist takeover. Using a representative sample of 5,057 ever-married women in China's five cities, I found that the conjugal relationship developed to a significant degree in urban China at least since the 1930s. The 1949 Communist takeover is not a watershed year for the changeover from…
Residential Choices of Immigrants in Australia
In recent years Asian-Australians, especially those born in Indochina, have become a target of criticism by anti-immigration groups which accuse them of choosing to live only in ¿closed societies' and ¿ethnic ghettos' in Australian cities.... Evidence presented in the article shows clearly that while immigrant groups may prefer to settle in close proximity of their family and kin for practical and/or emotional reasons, their preference is not eth…
The consolidation of political technocracy in china: The fourteenth and fifteenth central committees of the CCP
Analysis of information from the Fourteenth and Fifteen Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party reveals that both party bureaucrats and technocrats are represented in the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. The present Chinese leadership can be best characterized as a political technocracy. Party bureaucrats and technocrats need each other to stay in power. A political technocracy is a very stable polity not only because of elite…
Ecological Succession and Asian Immigrants in Australia
In recent immigration policy debates in Australia, it has been asserted that Asian immigrants concentrate in ethnic ghettos, thus posing a threat to the social cohesion of Australian society. This assertion has been based mainlyon selective observations made by anti‐immigration groups. Nevertheless, it is more or less consistent with expectations of an ecological succession model that has guided studies on patterns of housing consumption behaviou…
Intercorporate Ties in Singapore
Sociological literature on corporate networks in the West has relied heavily on a resource dependency perspective. Research on inter-firm relations among Chinese firms in East and Southeast Asia has been guided by a Chinese network approach. Relying on a 1992 data set of 107 big Chinese firms in Singapore, I show that firm behavior of large Chinese companies is influenced by both Chinese business tradition and Western corporate culture. Exclusive…
Understanding Chinese Society . Norman Stockman
Educational Credentials, Elite Dualism, and Elite Stratification in China
University Education, Party Seniority, and Elite Recruitment in China
Labor Market Segmentation and Income Inequality in Urban China
Though central to the market transition debate, the effect of the institutional realignment on stratification order has not been adequately addressed. I reformulate market transition hypotheses and use data from a recent survey in a Chinese city to test market transition theory and path dependence arguments. I make the linkage between literatures on labor market segmentation and literatures on market transition. I show different returns to human …
Ethnic Differences in Neighboring Behavior in Urban China
Using a data set collected in a Chinese city in 2001, I compare patterns of neighboring behavior between two ethnic groups (i.e., the Hui and Han) in urban China. Existing theories and evidence have generated different expectations about ethnic differences in voluntary association involvement. Findings from this paper contribute to race and ethnic studies by arguing that ethnic minority status is positively associated with neighboring; that instr…
Network Resources and Job Search in Urban China
I examine the role of network resources in job search in urban China between 1988 and 2000. Data are from a recent survey in a Chinese city. I show that personal networks still contribute positively to job search in the post-1988 period. Network resources are mobilized to influence both access to job information and assistance in job attainment. However, job seekers without university education have greater incentives than college graduates to us…
Ethnic Variation in Family Size in Urban China
Using survey data (n = 1,715) collected in 2001, I examine Uygur-Han differences in family size in Urumchi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China. I show that Uygur ethnicity is a key predictor of family size in Urumchi. Employment in the state sector reduces the family size of Han Chinese. But it has no impact on Uygur Muslims. Married status is negatively associated with family size among the Uygurs but is not related to …
Hui Muslim‐Han Chinese Differences in Perceptions on Endogamy in Urban China
Using a survey data set (n?=?1,992) collected in Lanzhou, China, I examine the Hui?–?Han differences in perceptions on intermarriage. The questions I ask in this paper include: What is the extent of interethnic marriages in Lanzhou? Do the Hui and Han feel differently about interethnic marriage? Which ethnic group is more negative about Hui?–?Han marriages and why? Are perceptions about endogamy patterned by ethnicity or socio-economic status or …
Elites, Social Change and Policy-Making in China: An Introduction
(2006). Elites, Social Change and Policy-Making in China: An Introduction. Policy and Society: Vol. 25, Social Change and Policy-Making in China, pp. 1-8
Technical training, sponsored mobility, and functional differentiation: Elite formation in China in the reform era
Elite formation in state socialism is a key issue in both comparative mobility research and political sociology. Several perspectives have been proposed to explain the relative role of political loyalty and education in political mobility: a dual career path model, a party-sponsored mobility hypothesis, and a technocracy thesis. I propose an alternative approach, emphasizing the role of functional differentiation and its effect on elite recruitme…
Ethnic differences in neighbourly relations in urban China
Using data collected in Lanzhou, this paper examines the effect of minority ethnicity on neighbourly relations in China. It shows that the Hui as a whole express a higher level of satisfaction at relations with neighbours than the Han do. It also shows that the Hui advantage is removed with key background characteristics controlled. Finally, this paper shows intra-group variation among the Hui. These findings suggest that social status is a bette…
Social resources, class habitus and friendship ties in urban China
This article draws insights from social resource theory and class habitus theory to study friendship choices in urban China. Data are from two surveys conducted in two Chinese cities in 2000 and 2001 respectively. Data analysis shows that cross-status friendships are negatively related to both cadre status and professional status in urban China. However, in-group association is more closely related to instrumentality than to cultural distinction.…
Ethnicity and Urban Life in China
This much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in contemporary China. Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between March 2001 and July 2004, it looks at the contrast between the urban life of the Han people, the ethnic majority in the city of Lanzhou, and the Hui people, the largest ethnic minority in the city, and assesses the link between minority ethnicit…
Ethnicity and Urban Life in China: A Comparative Study of Hui Muslims and Han Chinese
1. New Wine, Old Bottle 2. Neighbors United, Neighbors Divided 3. Sworn Brotherhood or Modern Friendship 4. A Lonely Crowd or a Network Society? 5. Finding a Mate in a Metropolis 6. Who Marries Whom? 7. 'Match Door' Marriages 8. Family Behavior 9. Ethnicity and Urban Life in China
Minority ethnicity, social status and Uyghur community involvement in urban Xinjiang
Using a dataset (n = 4,012) from a 2001 survey in Xinjiang, I examine the effect of minority status and social status on neighbouring behaviour in urban China. Data analysis indicates that Uyghur Muslims are more neighbouring than Han Chinese. However, there is no evidence that the Uyghur approach to neighbourhood interaction can be attributed to Uyghur culture as many inter-group differences fade away once ethnic parity in social status is attai…
Market Reforms and Han–Muslim Variation in Employment in the Chinese State Sector in a Chinese City
Gender and Ethnic Variation in Arranged Marriages in a Chinese City
Using a data set ( N = 1,600) collected in the city of Urumchi in 2005, this article examines ethnic differences in arranged marriages in urban China. Data analysis shows a rapid decline in parental arrangement for both Uyghur Muslims and Han Chinese in Urumchi. Han Chinese are less likely than Uyghur Muslims to report arranged marriages, with main background characteristics being controlled. However, the differences between Uyghur men and Han me…
Under the heel of the dragon: Islam, racism, crime, and the Uighur in China
Under the heel of the dragon: Islam, racism, crime, and the Uighur in China, by Blaine Kaltman, Athens, Ohio University Press, 2007, $29.98, ISBN 978-0896802544 This book is an interesting ethnogra
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