State and Sub-State Nationalism in Southeast Asia - 9781009583039

Name: State and Sub-State Nationalism in Southeast Asia - 9781009583039
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

State and Sub-State Nationalism in Southeast AsiaAuthor(s): Jacques Bertrand\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009583039, 978-1009583039\nSynopsis\nNationalism 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 re.