Nationalist Politics in Asia

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

Does rising nationalism disrupt stable democracies? While a handful of key Western democracies seem to suggest so, across Asia, the political consequences of nationalism have been much more varied. In some cases, strong nationalism has grown hand-in-hand with young and resilient democracies, while in other cases, exclusionary nation-building serves as a key strategy for autocratic consolidation. This panel brings together a group of scholars across democracies and autocracies in the region to examine the contextual effects of nationalist politics in Asia. The goal is to better understand the political conditions and circumstances under which nation-building efforts stabilize or destabilize regimes, both in the region and beyond.

Sub Unit

• Division 44: Democracy and Autocracy

Individual Presentations

• Nationalism and Nativism: Varieties of Other in China - Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University; Jeremy L. Wallace, Cornell University; Lincoln Hines, US Air War College

• Threats to Nation and Nativist Support for Democracy - Aram Hur, University of Missouri

• The Chinese Dream in Internet Novels: Creative Destruction of State Legitimacy - Rongbin Han, University of Georgia

• Nationalists Protests as Credible Signals in International Crisis Bargaining - Xinru Ma, University of Southern California

Chair

• Dan Slater University of Michigan

Discussant

• Ji Yeon (Jean) Hong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology