State and Sub-State Nationalism in Southeast Asia

di Jacques Bertrand (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2025

Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This Element focuses on understanding the rise and subsequent ebbing of sub-state nationalist mobilization in response to state nationalism. Two factors allowed sub-state nationalist movements to be formed and persist: first, state nationalisms that were insufficiently inclusive; second, the state's use of authoritarian tools to implement its nationalist agenda. But Southeast Asian states were able to reduce sub-state nationalist mobilization when they changed their policies to meet two conditions: i) some degree of explicit recognition of the distinctiveness of groups; ii) institutional flexibility toward regional/local territorial units to accommodate a high degree of group self-governance. The Element focuses on four states in the region – namely Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Myanmar.

• Autore: Jacques Bertrand
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 78 p.
• EAN: 9781009583060

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