China - Go - West Strategy - Development or Subjugation? - The Economic Impact of Modernization on Tibetan Culture and Society - - Carsten Rasch - Bog

The book China - Go - West Strategy. Development or Subjugation? The Economic Impact of Modernization on Tibetan Culture and Society is based on field research to investigate the economic impact of the China - GO - West - Strategy on Tibetan culture and society.
There is a scientific consideration of three modernization projects in the context of the China - GO - West Strategy: Modernization of the Old Lhasa / Qinghai - Tibet - Railway / Dams - Yarlung Tsangpo River. These three modernization projects are described and analyzed under the scientific perspective of Development Studies and Economic. This is complemented by qualified interviews with Chinese and Tibetan people.

For the first time, this field research allows a comprehensive scientific perspective on the economic, cultural and social effects of the China - GO - West - Strategy in Tibet.