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Assesses the threat of Chinese nationalism
Explores the rationality behind popular nationalist participation
Reinterprets four major state-led nationalist movements in Chinese history
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book presents a comparative historical analysis of state-led nationalist movements in Chinese history, which counters current claims that popular nationalism in present-day China is strong enough to sustain costly expansionist wars. Popular nationalism in China has been on the rise since the early 1990s to the concern of many observers. Some have even asked whether China will become another Germany. A comparative historical analysis of pre-war and wartime nationalist mobilization helps us better understand how individuals formulate their opinions under extreme conditions. It concludes that the public's weak perception of foreign threats, taken together with pro-minority domestic institutions, may significantly undermine the state’s efforts at nationalist mobilization and thus limit its capability to pursue external expansion or other strategic goals.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of International Relations, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China
Wen Zha
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Individual Choice and State-Led Nationalist Mobilization in China
Book Subtitle: Self-interested Patriots
Authors: Wen Zha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46860-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46859-3Published: 22 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52629-3Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46860-9Published: 11 May 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 158
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory