Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia
The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of regional integration and regional identity-building in Southeast Asia. The idea is to problematise the quest for a regional identity by relating the efforts of integration to the issues of multi-ethnicity, national identity-building and multicultural...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2010-01-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/261 |
| _version_ | 1811319007689572352 |
|---|---|
| author | Kristina Jönsson |
| author_facet | Kristina Jönsson |
| author_sort | Kristina Jönsson |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of regional integration and regional identity-building in Southeast Asia. The idea is to problematise the quest for a regional identity by relating the efforts of integration to the issues of multi-ethnicity, national identity-building and multicultural societies in times of globalisation. The article consists of three broad themes intending to capture the complexity of regional identity-building: regionalism and regional cooperation; tensions by diversity; and dilemmas of regional identity-building in multi-ethnic societies illustrated by Laos and Burma/ Myanmar. This analysis is explorative in character and attempts to combine different bodies of literature in order to better understand some of the contradictory processes related to regional identity-building in Southeast Asia. A tentative conclusion is that without an accommodating, inclusive and pluralistic society, the creation of a common regional identity will remain an elitist political project. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T12:34:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-afda5bb8c91b4d278f47ddaeb29a737c |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1868-1034 1868-4882 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T12:34:47Z |
| publishDate | 2010-01-01 |
| publisher | SAGE Publishing |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs |
| spelling | doaj.art-afda5bb8c91b4d278f47ddaeb29a737c2022-12-22T02:46:42ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs1868-10341868-48822010-01-012924172Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast AsiaKristina JönssonThe aim of this paper is to discuss the issue of regional integration and regional identity-building in Southeast Asia. The idea is to problematise the quest for a regional identity by relating the efforts of integration to the issues of multi-ethnicity, national identity-building and multicultural societies in times of globalisation. The article consists of three broad themes intending to capture the complexity of regional identity-building: regionalism and regional cooperation; tensions by diversity; and dilemmas of regional identity-building in multi-ethnic societies illustrated by Laos and Burma/ Myanmar. This analysis is explorative in character and attempts to combine different bodies of literature in order to better understand some of the contradictory processes related to regional identity-building in Southeast Asia. A tentative conclusion is that without an accommodating, inclusive and pluralistic society, the creation of a common regional identity will remain an elitist political project.http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/261Political ScienceSoutheast AsiaLaosBurma/ Myanmarregionalismregional integrationASEANidentity-building320327Southeast Asia2000-2010 |
| spellingShingle | Kristina Jönsson Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Political Science Southeast Asia Laos Burma/ Myanmar regionalism regional integration ASEAN identity-building 320 327 Southeast Asia 2000-2010 |
| title | Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia |
| title_full | Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia |
| title_fullStr | Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia |
| title_short | Unity-in-Diversity? Regional Identity-building in Southeast Asia |
| title_sort | unity in diversity regional identity building in southeast asia |
| topic | Political Science Southeast Asia Laos Burma/ Myanmar regionalism regional integration ASEAN identity-building 320 327 Southeast Asia 2000-2010 |
| url | http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jsaa/article/view/261 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kristinajonsson unityindiversityregionalidentitybuildinginsoutheastasia |