Partisans of Nation-States
Comparing the Role of Minority Identities in New Zealand and Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12652931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simo Häyrynen (Joensuu Science Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-168 |
| Publication date | 2006-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | National Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1460-8944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9907 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14608940600703783 |
| OpenAlex | W2008103851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Cultural diversity and the decentralisation of cultural self-determination are principal aims in the cultural strategies of modern western countries. However, there is no general agreement as to which groups should be granted such autonomy, or about who should be regarded as the authentic spokesmen for their groups. This article asks how two smallish but developed countries, Finland and New Zealand have historically arranged the status of their cultural minorities. The comparison is based on the cultural differences between these two countries, which have similar views on political rights and share a similar dependence on a limited number of economic sources. The chief guides of my reasoning have been Michael Volkerling's notion of cultural policies as ‘difference-engines’ and Alessandro Pizzorno's conception of ‘partisan identities’. The analysis showed that the State has, in both cases, actively interfered with the construction of sub-identities. This was done by carefully creating the channels of negotiation, and specifying the individuals actually involved in the negotiations about minority rights. These ‘appropriate national sub-identities’ have ensured a stability for the state, but have simultaneously led to enormous social concentrations of power within and between the groups themselves
Autonomy · Cultural diversity · Cultural identity · Decentralization · Diversity (politics · Minority rights · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Principal (computer security · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Political Systems and Governance
Territories, boundaries, and consciousness
Together in Difference
Deconstructing the difference‐engine
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
Ethnic Minorities and the Nation State
Debating Cultural Hybridity
The Kaleidoscopic View
Small states in comparative perspective
Political/Cultural Identity
Liberalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Essentialism1
Ethnic identity and the nation state
Political Expression and Ethnicity
Social Theory for a Changing Society
Local Environmental Conflicts and the Change in Environmental Consciousness
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |