Using religion to resist rural dispossession: a case study of a Hui Muslim community in north-west China

In this paper, we examine the role played by religion in a struggle waged by Hui Muslim villagers against land expropriation. Religion can provide powerful resources for protest movements, especially for religious minorities, but it can also be dangerous. This is particularly true in China where the...

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Main Author: Luo, Qiangqiang (Author)
Contributors: Andreas, Joel (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2016
In: The China quarterly
Year: 2016, Issue: 226, Pages: 477-498
Further subjects:B Religion
B Political mobilization
B Protest movements
B Population group
B Ethnic group
B Muslim
B Factors of production
B Conflict
B State
B China
B Soil
B Resources
B Hui
B Real estate