Understanding the Identity Shaping Role of Popular Nationalism in China
(2009) STVK01 20092Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The purpose of this essay is to give further understanding of the relatively new phenomena Chinese popular nationalism. I will have my benchmark in traditional theory of civic and ethnic nationalism but also in popular nationalism theory and the from-culturalism-to-nationalism thesis. To further understand the identity shaping role of the populist movement in China I will separate it from official nationalism of the state and argue for the statement that Chinese nationalism can be a beginning of a democratic civil society. This will be done by conducting a qualitative text-analysis based on previous scholars work in the field of Chinese nationalism. I will use examples of the outbursts of popular nationalism in the 90’s and in the first... (More)
- The purpose of this essay is to give further understanding of the relatively new phenomena Chinese popular nationalism. I will have my benchmark in traditional theory of civic and ethnic nationalism but also in popular nationalism theory and the from-culturalism-to-nationalism thesis. To further understand the identity shaping role of the populist movement in China I will separate it from official nationalism of the state and argue for the statement that Chinese nationalism can be a beginning of a democratic civil society. This will be done by conducting a qualitative text-analysis based on previous scholars work in the field of Chinese nationalism. I will use examples of the outbursts of popular nationalism in the 90’s and in the first decade of the 21:st century to illustrate the nature of the popular nationalism movement. My conclusion will present an understanding of popular nationalism as not only a strong grass-root movement that is participating in shaping a Chinese-nation-state in the 21:st century, but as also a way for the Chinese people to express political opinions in an authoritarian nation. (Less)
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- author
- Gad, Viola LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20092
- year
- 2009
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- civil society, popular nationalism, Identity, Chinese nationalism, public opinion
- language
- English
- id
- 1526147
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- 2010-02-01 11:41:28
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abstract = {{The purpose of this essay is to give further understanding of the relatively new phenomena Chinese popular nationalism. I will have my benchmark in traditional theory of civic and ethnic nationalism but also in popular nationalism theory and the from-culturalism-to-nationalism thesis. To further understand the identity shaping role of the populist movement in China I will separate it from official nationalism of the state and argue for the statement that Chinese nationalism can be a beginning of a democratic civil society. This will be done by conducting a qualitative text-analysis based on previous scholars work in the field of Chinese nationalism. I will use examples of the outbursts of popular nationalism in the 90’s and in the first decade of the 21:st century to illustrate the nature of the popular nationalism movement. My conclusion will present an understanding of popular nationalism as not only a strong grass-root movement that is participating in shaping a Chinese-nation-state in the 21:st century, but as also a way for the Chinese people to express political opinions in an authoritarian nation.}},
author = {{Gad, Viola}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Understanding the Identity Shaping Role of Popular Nationalism in China}},
year = {{2009}},
}