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Perceptions of Australian Cultural Identity among Asian Australians
Author(s) -
Clark Juliet
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - transnationalism , multiculturalism , diaspora , national identity , cohesion (chemistry) , citizenship , sociology , perception , gender studies , project commissioning , nation state , identity (music) , state (computer science) , cultural identity , publishing , political science , social science , law , psychology , neuroscience , politics , acoustics , computer science , negotiation , pedagogy , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , algorithm
A review of research on transnationalism shows that diasporas with transnational orientations and connections tend to have a strong attachment to local and global identities but a weak attachment to the nation state. In addition, it is argued that territorial nation states are losing their authority in an increasingly globalised and interconnected world. Governments in western democracies have responded by tightening restrictions on citizenship and placing more emphasis on social cohesion and integration rather than multiculturalism. Using the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (2003), this paper examines attachment to cultural conceptions of national identity among the Asian Australian diaspora and examines the existing literature about the relationship between transmigrants and the nation state. Findings from the study reveal a number of social determinants behind variation in emotional attachment to cultural conceptions of national identity.