Made in Taiwan: Om identitetskonstruktion i Taiwan
(2006)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Taiwan's recent democratization seem to have rallied a wider support of the notion of a national identity amongst its citizens which in the year 2000 led to the election of the pro-independence party DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. Meanwhile, China insists on the "one country, two systems" formula, regarding Taiwan as merely a Chinese province, and continues to fight any Taiwanese initiative towards sovereignty. Through a narrative perspective, this essay analyzes the self-conscious national identity-building quest embarked upon by DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. The analysis consists of three parts. Firstly, a text-analysis of President Chen Shui-bian's speeches is conducted to examine in what way he enforces and legitimizes the... (More)
- Taiwan's recent democratization seem to have rallied a wider support of the notion of a national identity amongst its citizens which in the year 2000 led to the election of the pro-independence party DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. Meanwhile, China insists on the "one country, two systems" formula, regarding Taiwan as merely a Chinese province, and continues to fight any Taiwanese initiative towards sovereignty. Through a narrative perspective, this essay analyzes the self-conscious national identity-building quest embarked upon by DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. The analysis consists of three parts. Firstly, a text-analysis of President Chen Shui-bian's speeches is conducted to examine in what way he enforces and legitimizes the identity-building-process through narratives. Secondly, the DPP's efforts to restructure Taiwanese history and culture to create a shared sense of belonging is examined. Finally, the study summarizes the results of the DPP-led pursuit of a Taiwanese national identity by evaluating national-identity-surveys to observe whether the Taiwanese people's self-image has changed during the last five years or not. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Max
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Taiwan, National Identity, Narratives, Cross-strait relations, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1329577
- date added to LUP
- 2006-04-19 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-04-19 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Taiwan's recent democratization seem to have rallied a wider support of the notion of a national identity amongst its citizens which in the year 2000 led to the election of the pro-independence party DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. Meanwhile, China insists on the "one country, two systems" formula, regarding Taiwan as merely a Chinese province, and continues to fight any Taiwanese initiative towards sovereignty. Through a narrative perspective, this essay analyzes the self-conscious national identity-building quest embarked upon by DPP and President Chen Shui-bian. The analysis consists of three parts. Firstly, a text-analysis of President Chen Shui-bian's speeches is conducted to examine in what way he enforces and legitimizes the identity-building-process through narratives. Secondly, the DPP's efforts to restructure Taiwanese history and culture to create a shared sense of belonging is examined. Finally, the study summarizes the results of the DPP-led pursuit of a Taiwanese national identity by evaluating national-identity-surveys to observe whether the Taiwanese people's self-image has changed during the last five years or not.}},
author = {{Johansson, Max}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Made in Taiwan: Om identitetskonstruktion i Taiwan}},
year = {{2006}},
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