Routledge Contemporary China Series; No. 114 The Uyghur Lobby: Global Networks, Coalitions and Strategies of the World Uyghur Congress

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
	1.1 Questions, purposes, and significance
	1.2 Methodology
	1.3 Outline of chapters
	Notes
2. The rise of the World Uyghur Congress
	2.1 Birth of the WUC
	2.2 The operation of the WUC
	2.3 The world of competition for the WUC
	2.4 External patrons
	2.5 To act as if it were the real umbrella organization
	2.6 The legitimacy question
	2.7 Summary
	Notes
3. International networks
	3.1 Method and data
	3.2 Patterns
	3.3 Centrality
	3.4 Regional networks
	3.5 Summary
	Notes
4. Online networks
	4.1 Method and data
	4.2 Macro similarities and differences
	4.3 Micro similarities and differences
	4.4 Summary
	Notes
5. A minor but rising influence in America
	5.1 The rise of the Uyghur lobby in America
	5.2 The campaign to rescue Rebiya Kadeer
	5.3 Congressional support
	5.4 Further actions
	5.5 Campaigns to save prisoners
	5.6 Summary
	Notes
6. Struggling for attention in Germany
	6.1 Patterns
	6.2 Strategies and impacts
	6.3 Summary
	Notes
7. Uyghur networks in Japan
	7.1 Method and data
	7.2 Patterns
	7.3 Strategies and impacts
	7.4 Summary
	Notes
8. China’s competing discourses and strategies
	8.1 China’s framing of the Uyghur issue
	8.2 China’s strategies
	8.3 Summary
	Notes
9. Conclusions
	9.1 The niche perspective of the Uyghur lobby
	9.2 Contributions to social sciences studies and limits
	Notes
Appendix: Uyghur-relevant US legislations (January
1989–March 2011)
Bibliography
Index