Minority groups in the city

Author: Secretariat of the Chinese Urban Anthropological Society
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Publish Date: 2001-11-10
Features: This collection includes the following aspects of content: 1. Papers that investigate and understand the political and socioeconomic life of ethnic minority urban residents, further exploring the importance, complexity, and uniqueness of urban ethnic minority work under the market economy conditions, and from the perspective of urban anthropology, studying the transformation process and development patterns of urban ethnic minority communities. These papers argue from different angles the background and rationale for the emergence and existence of ethnic minority communities. 2. Research reports on the living conditions of ethnic minority floating populations, including studies on the overall and individual ethnic groups' mobility. Shen Dangsheng, Zhang Quanlu, Xu Ganghong, Wang Shuli, and the Xi'an Municipal Committee for Ethnic Affairs provided reports on the investigation of ethnic minority floating populations, reflecting from one side how urban ethnic minority work departments focus on and participate in protecting the legitimate rights and interests of ethnic minority floating populations. 3. Papers on the study of urban ethnic minority associations. Based on international and domestic theories of associations, these papers analyze and discuss the important role that ethnic associations play in maintaining ethnic characteristics, protecting and promoting ethnic traditional culture, and safeguarding the rights and interests of ethnic minorities. They elaborate on the significance of protecting and developing ethnic associations from both theoretical and practical perspectives.