The making of Southeast Asian nations state, ethnicity, indigenism and citizenship /
The idea of the 'nation' is a Western concept which has been applied to Southeast Asia. It is a project which has been in progress since the last century but is still incomplete. Various theoretical frameworks which are associated with nation and nation-building in the Southeast Asian regi...
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Multi-ethnic society, conflict regulation and nation-building. Plural society. Plural society and pluralistic society. Political integration and "consociational democracy". Managing plural societies: various strategies. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 2. Nation, state, ethnicity and indigenism. Conflicting definitions: ethnie, nation, nation-state and state. State, nation-state and multi-national state. The concept of nation in Southeast Asia. Nation and indigenism. Dominant indigenous ethnic group and Southeast Asian nations. Nation-building in Southeast Asia. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 3. Nation, citizenship and indigenism. Citizenship and nationhood: are they the same? Citizenship and the concept of T.H. Marshall. Citizenship and indigenism. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 4. Ethnicity, indigenism and Southeast Asia's citizenship laws. Implications of indigenism in citizenship laws in Southeast Asia. Citizenship laws in Indonesia. Citizenship law in Malaysia. Citizenship law in Singapore. Citizenship law in Thailand, The Philippines and Vietnam. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 5. Ethnic Chinese and the formation of Southeast Asian nations. Ethnic Chinese and nation-building policies. Ethnic Chinese responses to the policies. Chinese ethnicity and globalization. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 6. China's citizenship laws and Southeast Asian Chinese. The 1909 and 1929 citizenship laws: dual citizenship status for Chinese overseas. The 1955 Afro-Asian Conference and the PRC Citizenship Law (1980): from dual citizenship to single citizenship. Why dual citizenship? Opposers of dual citizenship status. What if China revived the dual citizenship status for the Chinese overseas? China's recent practice with regard to the citizenship law. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 7. Nation-building or citizenship-building in Singapore? The origins of Singapore's identity. The PAP and Singapore identity. Strong ethnic feelings. Commodification of citizenship? Foreign talent in Singapore. Dual citizenship in Singapore. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 8. Indigenism, Islam and nation-building in Malaysia. The NEP/NDP and nation-building. The dilemma of indigenism. The position of Islam. The core of the Malaysian nation. Malaysian nation as defined by the state. "Malay" nation-state vs. "multi-ethnic" nation-state. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 9. Ethnicity, religion and nation-building in Indonesia. Early ethnic conflicts: challenge to the Indonesian nation. National language and education. National symbols. National institutions. Pancasila. Transmigration and national disintegration. East Timor and national disintegration. Resistance movement in Irian Jaya (Papua). Aceh's rebellion and the peace treaty. "New measures" of nation-building. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 10. The Philippines and Thailand: ethnicity and Islam in nation-building. The Philippines. Thailand. Concluding remarks. Endnotes
- ch. 11. Citizenship, nation-state and nation-building in globalizing Southeast Asia. Citizenship and globalization. Citizenship and human rights. Nations and nation-states in the globalizing world. Demise of nation-states and the rise of region states? Multi-ethnic nation, multi-culturalism and multi-racialism. Contemporary Southeast Asian nations. Concluding remarks: is nation-building still relevant? Endnotes.