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Unity-in-diversity? Regional identity-building in Southeast Asia
Einheit-in-Diversität? Regionale Identitätsbildung in Südostasien
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Abstract 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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
multicultural society; Myanmar; society; Southeast Asia; complexity; pluralism; Laos; identity formation; ASEAN; regionalism; regional integration; regional identity; globalization; ethnic relations; ethnic conflict; cooperation; national identity
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Method
qualitative empirical; applied research; empirical
Free Keywords
Political Science; Southeast Asia; Burma/ Myanmar; regionalism; regional integration; identity-building; 2000-2010
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 41-72
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 29 (2010) 2
ISSN
1868-4882
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works