1. Religious and Ethnic Minorities as Elements of Civil Society

2. Religious and Ethnic Minorities as Elements of Civil Society
Study Groups:
Madsen: What is the significance of “Doc #19 (1982)?
Kolas: How fixed is culture? How is it politicized?
Applying knowledge of institutions:
Review corporatist approaches to civil society
What are some of the tools of corporatist control?
How is the CCP’s corporatist approach applied to
Christian groups
Tibetan groups (Kolas & p. 12, p. 14)
Doc #19; freedom of individual religious belief; not same as freedom of religious practice

3. Religious and Ethnic Minorities as Elements of Civil Society
What is the role of the following institutions in governing religion?
CCP United Front Work Department
Lieberthal, p. 175
PRC State Administration for Religious Affairs
Madsen, p. 58.