Ethnic entrepreneurs as agents of social change: entrepreneurs, clans, social obligations and ethnic resources ; the case of the Liangshan Yi in Sichuan

Abstract: "The contribution is concerned with the entrepreneurship among on of the major ethnic minorities. It goes into the effects of Yi entrepreneurship on the social structures of Yi society, particularly the clans and their changing role and function. We adress central components of social resources of Yi entrepreneurs, for instance ethnic resources; moral obligations of entrepreneurs towards their clan or lineage; social impacts in the form of entrepreneurs becoming clan or lineage headmen; the growing significance of non-kinship relations, and processes of individualization. We conclude that entrepreneurs on the one side are still embedded in a framework of social morality and social and ethnic obligations, yet, on the other side, impact upon the change of the social structure of Yi society." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Ethnische Unternehmer als Vermittler des sozialen Wandels: Unternehmer, Klans, soziale Verpflichtungen und ethnische Ressourcen ; das Fallbeispiel Liangshan Yi in Sichuan
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 24 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Duisburger Arbeitspapiere Ostasienwissenschaften / Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Studies ; Bd. 54

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Entrepreneurship ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Sozialer Wandel ; Sichuan

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Duisburg
• (when): 2004
• Creator: Heberer, Thomas
• Contributor: Universität Duisburg-Essen Campus Duisburg, Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften IN-EAST

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-351567
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:43 PM CET