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

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/the-identity-shift-in-hong-kong-since-1997-measurement-and-explanation(68edc667-d75b-442b-8a19-ff779fd5f904).html