China's ethnic policy and historical institutionalism

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K20875
• Project/Area Number (Other): 18H05673 (2018)
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund (2019); Single-year Grants (2018)
• Review Section: 0106:Political science and related fields
• Research Institution: Hosei University (2021); Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (2018-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Kumakura Jun 法政大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60826105)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-08-24 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 中国 / 少数民族 / 新疆 / ウイグル / エリート / 自治 / 共産党

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I focus specifically on how the Chinese Communist Party has appointed ethnic minority elites. China's ethnic minority policy has been a politically controversial subject, but little research has been done from the point of view of political science. One of the interim results of this research project is "China’s Ethnic-Minority Cadres Policy during the Sino-Soviet Confrontation: The Case of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (1966-1976)" (International Relations, 2019). The final results are summarized in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 70 Years of Chinese Communist Party Rule scheduled to be published in June 2022 from Chuko Shinsho.

Free Research Field

政治学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の研究成果は、これまで明確なイメージを持って語られてこなかった、中国の新疆統治の核心的な部分の一つである、少数民族エリートの任用の過程に迫るものです。少数民族が迫害された時期に一部の少数民族エリートが昇進したこと、時期を経るにつれて少数民族が実権を失ったことなどを、かなりの程度明らかにしました。その成果のエッセンスは、中公新書から2022年6月に出版予定の『新疆ウイグル自治区：中国共産党支配の70年』として、広く日本社会に還元します。