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題名 Dividing without Conquering: Generation, Class, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Taiwan`s 2016 Presidential Election
作者 祁冬濤
Qi, Dongtao
林聲巧
Lin, Shengqiao
貢獻者 Issues & Studies
關鍵詞 Generation ; class ; ethnicity ; Taiwan ; nationalism
日期 2021-09
上傳時間 11-Apr-2022 09:12:10 (UTC+8)
摘要 Based on the literature about the role of rising nationalism in recent world politics, this paper proposes a nationalism-oriented causal model to explain the voting choices of different social groups. With an interest-identity framework, this generic model is applied to Taiwan`s 2016 presidential election to examine whether and to what extent 11 causal mechanisms influence the voting choices of four groups defined by generation, class, and ethnicity. The findings not only reveal generational, class-based, and ethnic differences in Taiwanese voting behavior; they also show that the election was largely one of identity politics centered around the issues of national identity and democratic identification, making the "interest card" played by Beijing less effective in swaying voter choices. This explains why Beijing`s divide-and-conquer economic policy successfully divided Taiwanese voters but failed in the end to prevent the pro-independence candidate from winning the election. The findings also indicate that the economic concerns of voters promoted both their Taiwanese identity and support for Taiwan independence, while identification with Taiwan`s democracy contributed directly to the former and only indirectly to the latter. Overall, the model presents a more fine-grained analysis of nationalist politics and may be applied to the studies of other political behaviors involving nationalism.
關聯 Issues & Studies, 57(3), 215012(1-32)
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251121500120
dc.contributor Issues & Studies
dc.creator (作者) 祁冬濤
dc.creator (作者) Qi, Dongtao
dc.creator (作者) 林聲巧
dc.creator (作者) Lin, Shengqiao
dc.date (日期) 2021-09
dc.date.accessioned 11-Apr-2022 09:12:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 11-Apr-2022 09:12:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 11-Apr-2022 09:12:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/139695-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Based on the literature about the role of rising nationalism in recent world politics, this paper proposes a nationalism-oriented causal model to explain the voting choices of different social groups. With an interest-identity framework, this generic model is applied to Taiwan`s 2016 presidential election to examine whether and to what extent 11 causal mechanisms influence the voting choices of four groups defined by generation, class, and ethnicity. The findings not only reveal generational, class-based, and ethnic differences in Taiwanese voting behavior; they also show that the election was largely one of identity politics centered around the issues of national identity and democratic identification, making the "interest card" played by Beijing less effective in swaying voter choices. This explains why Beijing`s divide-and-conquer economic policy successfully divided Taiwanese voters but failed in the end to prevent the pro-independence candidate from winning the election. The findings also indicate that the economic concerns of voters promoted both their Taiwanese identity and support for Taiwan independence, while identification with Taiwan`s democracy contributed directly to the former and only indirectly to the latter. Overall, the model presents a more fine-grained analysis of nationalist politics and may be applied to the studies of other political behaviors involving nationalism.
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies, 57(3), 215012(1-32)
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Generation ; class ; ethnicity ; Taiwan ; nationalism
dc.title (題名) Dividing without Conquering: Generation, Class, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Taiwan`s 2016 Presidential Election
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1142/S1013251121500120
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251121500120