"In recent decades, East Asia has become increasingly interconnected through trade, investment, migration, and popular culture at regional and global levels. At the same time, the region has seen renewed national assertiveness and nationalist impulses. The book interrogates these seemingly contradictory developments as they bear on the transformations of the nation and citizenship in East Asia. Conventionally, studies on East Asia juxtapose these developments, focusing on the much-exercised dichotomy of the national and transnational. In contrast, this book suggests a different orientation. First, it moves beyond the simplistic view that demarcates the transnational as ""the West"". Second, it does not view the national and transnational as distinct or contradictory spheres of influence and analysis, but rather, focuses on the interactions between the two, with a view on how these interactions work to transform the ideals and practices of the ""good nation"", ""good society"", and ""good citizen"". The chapters cover a broad range of empirical research--education, science, immigration, multicultural policy, human rights, gender and youth orientations, art and food flows, politics of values and regional identity--which highlight the ways in which the nation is reconfigured, and the relationship between the citizen and (national) collective is redefined, in relation to transnational dynamics and frameworks.
Transnational Trajectories in East Asia provides a new perspective on and original analysis of transnational processes, bringing a fresh understanding to developments of the nation and citizenship in the region. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of transnationalization and globalization; comparative citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism; and Asian politics, society, and regionalism."
Edited by:
Yasemin Nuhoḡlu Soysal (University of Essex UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9781138646285
ISBN 10: 1138646288
Series: Asia's Transformations
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 03 March 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"1. Mapping the Terrain of Transnationalization: Nation, Citizenship, and Region 2. Citizenship as National and Transnational Enterprise: How Education Shapes Regional and Global Relevance 3. Synthesizing the ""National"" and the ""Cosmos"": The Case of Life Sciences in China 4. From Resistance to Attractiveness: The Politics of Values and Regionalism in East Asia 5. Creative East–West Cosmopolitanism? The Changing Role of International Mobility for Young Japanese Contemporary Artists. Eating One’s Way to Sophistication: Japanese Food, Transnational Flows and Social Mobility in Hong Kong 7. Immigration, Nationhood, and Transnationalization in Industrialized East Asia 8. Single Women and Cosmopolitan Re-imaginings of Gendered Citizenship in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo 9. The Changing Transnational Imagery of the ""Good Nation"" and the Ainu in Japan 10. Japan’s Place in the World: Transformations of National Imaginings of Geography 11. Generational Shift in a Transnational World: Civic Orientations of Taiwanese Youth 12. Cultural Citizenship and Prospects for Japan as a Multicultural Nation 13. National, Regional, and Global Dynamics in East Asia: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Forces"
Yasemin Nuhoglu Soysal is Professor of Sociology at University of Essex, UK.
