Explaining identity formation in Asia. Issue 1 (12th February 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Explaining identity formation in Asia. Issue 1 (12th February 2021)
- Main Title:
- Explaining identity formation in Asia
- Authors:
- Liu, Amy H.
Selway, Joel Sawat - Abstract:
- Abstract: What explains why some identities in a country become politically salient while others do not? This Special Issue crafts a research design to address two core assumptions in the literature on identity formation in select Asian countries. The first is that the area where ethnic groups reside is exogenously demarcated. Yet, the boundaries to any region are inherently political—for example, they can be endogenous to the same processes that drive identity formation. To address this, we take a novel approach by delineating regions exogenously by their cardinal directions in the country (e.g., north), and then, comparing among those regions to see which identities become salient and why. The second assumption is that there is always an alternative cleavage along which ethnic groups can coordinate. Yet, which cleavages are available and how ethnicity maps onto other cleavages (e.g., cross‐cutting) affects political identity. The articles in this Special Issue address this assumption by articulating and mapping a more complete set of cleavages. In doing so, the authors present a novel array of theories explaining the various stages along which identities fall, from absent to stunted, or from slow onset to fully solidified. Resumen: Explicando la formación de la identidad en Asia: ¿Qué explica por qué algunas identidades en un país se vuelven políticamente relevantes y otras no? Este número especial elabora un diseño de investigación para abordar dos supuestos centrales enAbstract: What explains why some identities in a country become politically salient while others do not? This Special Issue crafts a research design to address two core assumptions in the literature on identity formation in select Asian countries. The first is that the area where ethnic groups reside is exogenously demarcated. Yet, the boundaries to any region are inherently political—for example, they can be endogenous to the same processes that drive identity formation. To address this, we take a novel approach by delineating regions exogenously by their cardinal directions in the country (e.g., north), and then, comparing among those regions to see which identities become salient and why. The second assumption is that there is always an alternative cleavage along which ethnic groups can coordinate. Yet, which cleavages are available and how ethnicity maps onto other cleavages (e.g., cross‐cutting) affects political identity. The articles in this Special Issue address this assumption by articulating and mapping a more complete set of cleavages. In doing so, the authors present a novel array of theories explaining the various stages along which identities fall, from absent to stunted, or from slow onset to fully solidified. Resumen: Explicando la formación de la identidad en Asia: ¿Qué explica por qué algunas identidades en un país se vuelven políticamente relevantes y otras no? Este número especial elabora un diseño de investigación para abordar dos supuestos centrales en la literatura sobre la formación de la identidad. La primera es que el área donde residen los grupos étnicos está demarcada exógenamente. Sin embargo, los límites de cualquier región son inherentemente políticos; por ejemplo, pueden ser endógenos a los mismos procesos que impulsan la formación de la identidad. Para abordar esto, adoptamos un enfoque novedoso al delinear las regiones de manera exógena por sus direcciones cardinales en el país (por ejemplo, el norte) y luego comparar entre esas regiones para ver qué identidades se vuelven destacadas y por qué. El segundo supuesto es que siempre existe una división alternativa a lo largo de la cual los grupos étnicos pueden coordinarse. Sin embargo, qué divisiones están disponibles y cómo la etnia se relaciona con otras divisiones (por ejemplo, transversales) afecta la identidad política. Los artículos de este número especial abordan esta suposición articulando y mapeando un conjunto más completo de divisiones. Al hacerlo, los autores presentan una serie novedosa de teorías que explican las diversas etapas en las que caen las identidades, desde la ausencia hasta el retraso en el crecimiento, o desde el inicio lento hasta la solidificación total. 摘要: 解析亚洲的认同形成: 什么能解释为何一个国家中的某些认同变得具有政治凸显性,而其他认同却没有?这个特殊问题引起了一项研究设计,用于研究认同形成文献中的两个主要假设。第一个假设认为,族群所居住的地区是由外部界定的。然而,任何区域的边界都在本质上具有政治性—例如,对驱动认同形成的相同过程而言,边界可能是外源的。为研究这一点,我们采用一项新颖方法,对各区域在国家中的基本方位进行外源勾勒,然后比较这些区域,观察哪些认同变得显著,以及背后的原因。第二个假设认为,一直存在一个替代性分界线,族群能沿着这条分界线相互协调。然而,存在哪些分界线,族群性如何投射到其他分界线(例如横向分割),这会影响政治认同。本期特刊收录的文章通过阐明并描绘更全面的一组分界线,进而对该假设加以研究。为此,作者提出一系列新颖理论解释不同阶段,认同在这些阶段中从不存在到发展受阻,或者从缓慢开始到完全稳固。 … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Asian politics & policy. Volume 13:Issue 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Asian politics & policy
- Issue:
- Volume 13:Issue 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0013-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 6
- Page End:
- 17
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02-12
- Subjects:
- ethnic politics -- identity -- regionalism -- Southeast Asia -- Taiwan
política étnica -- identidad -- regionalismo -- El sudeste de Asia -- Taiwán
族群政治 -- 认同 -- 区域主义 -- 东南亚 -- 台湾
Asia -- Politics and government -- Periodicals
Asia -- Relations -- Periodicals
Asia -- Social conditions -- Periodicals
320.95 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1943-0787 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122351904/home ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/aspp.12564 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1943-0779
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- Legaldeposit
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