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The Identity Shift in Hong Kong since 1997: Measurement and Explanation

Autor(en)
Heinz Christoph Steinhardt, Linda Chelan Li, Yihong Jiang
Abstrakt

This article addresses the challenges of understanding, measuring and explaining political identities in post-1997 Hong Kong. It shows that national and local identities are better conceptualized as two distinct attitudes and captured with separate scaled items than as opposite poles of one attitude measured in a single categorical item. This approach reveals that the key shift occurred not in local identity, but in nationalistic sentiments, which have initially increased but have been on a downward trend since 2008. It also shows that national and local identities were perceived as robustly compatible for most years since 1997, but have begun to drift apart in recent years. Considering competing accounts to explain national identity strength, trust in the central government stands out as the dominant factor. Discontent with livelihood conditions and socio-structural variables either have no significant effect or are to a large part the result of differences in political trust.

Organisation(en)
Externe Organisation(en)
City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Independent researcher
Journal
Journal of Contemporary China
Band
27
Seiten
261-276
Anzahl der Seiten
16
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2018.1389030
Publikationsdatum
2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
504023 Politische Soziologie, 506014 Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 602045 Sinologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development, Development, Political Science and International Relations
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https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/the-identity-shift-in-hong-kong-since-1997-measurement-and-explanation(68edc667-d75b-442b-8a19-ff779fd5f904).html