Uyghur Conceptions of Family and Society

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Habits of the Uyghur heart -- Backwardness vs. global norms on family and society -- Two contrasting images of the Uyghur other in Ürümchi -- Why is the image of the ethnic other negative? -- A new research task -- Who are Uyghurs? -- Data -- Variables and measures -- Basic information about the Ürümchi Uyghur respondents -- Analytic approaches -- 2 Spousal relations -- How are spousal relations measured? -- Existing research on Uyghur family life -- Uyghur views of Uyghur spousal relations -- The distribution of spousal support and support for wife beating -- Demographics, socioeconomic status, and marital relations -- Marital relations by religiosity and orthodoxy -- Modeling spousal relations among Uyghurs -- Summary and discussion -- 3 Parenting -- Parenting values and parenting practices -- Uyghur views on parenting in Ürümchi -- Contours of Uyghur parenting values and practices -- Bivariate analyses -- Modeling Uyghur parenting values and practices -- Summary and discussion -- 4 Trust -- How is trust measured? -- Different views on Uyghur trustworthiness in China -- Uyghur trust in the general public -- Uyghur trust in public institutions -- Demographics and trust -- Socioeconomic status and trust -- Religion and trust -- Modeling levels of trust among Uyghurs -- Summary and discussion -- 5 Community engagement -- How is community engagement measured? -- Community engagement in China -- Uyghur reflections on community engagement -- Who is more enthusiastic about community engagement? -- Modeling Uyghur support for community engagement -- Summary and discussion -- 6 Economic beliefs -- How are economic beliefs measured? -- Ethnic inequality in China -- Uyghur reflections on ethnic inequality -- The distribution of Uyghur economic preferences