Advancing “ethnic unity” and “de-extremization”. Ideational governance in Xinjiang under “new circumstances” (2012-2017)

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11366-018-9537-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11366-018-9537-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Advancing “ethnic unity” and “de-extremization”. Ideational governance in Xinjiang under “new circumstances” (2012-2017)

Original language description

The central role of ideology has been one of the key features of the political system of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1949. One of the places where the phenomenon can be observed is the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a vast, important, and rich borderland area inhabited by some 10 million Turkic Muslim Uyghurs. Since 1949, the central government has managed to win only a limited degree of Uyghur support for its policies, leaving the region riven with protest and violence. The central government has therefore sought to devise and implement policies so as to simultaneously address multiple aspects of Xinjiang's reality, including ideational affairs. This paper examines the party-state's ideational governance, i.e. efforts to define and regulate Uyghur values, beliefs, and loyalties so that they are instrumental in maintaining the political stability of the PRC. Firstly, the novel approach to Xinjiang policy adopted by the Xi leadership during its first functional term (2012-2017) is examined, namely its concern with Xinjiang's growing geopolitical significance and with the security dimension of the Xinjiang problem. Two main focuses of Xinjiang governance are introduced, particularly the advancement of centripetal inter-ethnic relations (officially called “ethnic unity”) and the eradication of religious or cultural practices deemed as potentially subversive (“de-extremization”). Secondly, the ideology relating to Xinjiang is examined within the framework of the CPC's national-level ideology. Thirdly, new legislation, by which the authorities seek to legitimate Xinjiang policies, is considered. Fourthly, several grassroots “ethnic unity” and “de-extremization” activities are reviewed as examples of the party-state's efforts to use the Uyghur religion and other intangible domains as ideational apparatuses to inculcate desirable political values. The conclusions reached in this article raise the broader question as to whether the party-state's resolve to strengthening its ideational governance over the Uyghurs will bring about a change in the security situation in Xinjiang.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Chinese Political Science

ISSN

1080-6954

e-ISSN

1874-6357

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

413-436

UT code for WoS article

000441233700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85045142513