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This chapter explores the possible influences of Sweden, Denmark and Finland on the Environmental Policy of the EU. We focus specifically on the reputation, expertise and role model behaviour of the Nordic EU members and their possibilities to use these factors as cognitive power resources.The chapter discusses several examples where the Nordic EU member states have successfully promoted their national environmental interests within the EU. We also make use of interviews with environmental representatives at the Swedish, Danish and Finnish Permanent Representations to the EU in Brussels, officials from other member states, DG Environment of the Commission and the European Environment Agency. The results indicate that the Nordic EU members have to some extent minimised their quantitative disadvantages, such as small administrations and limited voting powers, by successfully using the cognitive power resources in question within the Environmental Policy of the European Union.

Chan Wai Shun. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-216). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.III ; 緒論 --- p.IV ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.V ; TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.VII ; ABBREVIATIONS / LIST OF TABLES / LISTS OF FIGURES --- p.XII ; Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Policy Background --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptualization of Terms --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Thematic Framework of the Whole Dissertation --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Methodology and Research Limitations --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.5.1 --- The Selection of Case --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.5.2 --- The Articulation of Narratives and Discourses --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.5.3 --- The Source of Narratives and Discourses --- p.18 ; Chapter 1.5.4 --- The Methodological Limitations --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Potential Contributions --- p.21 ; Chapter 1.6.1 --- Contributions to Academic Community --- p.21 ; Chapter 1.6.2 --- Contributions to the Diplomatic Community --- p.23 ; Chapter 1.7 --- Chapter Summary and the Preview of the Dissertation --- p.24 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- A THEORETICAL REVIEW ON EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.1 --- IR Theories and their Application in European Neighbourhood Policy --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Realism and its Variation --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Liberal Institutionalism and Liberal Intergovernmentalism --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Constructivism and its Application --- p.30 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Problems of the Traditional IR Theories --- p.34 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Maltreatment of Bargaining Game within EU --- p.35 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Maltreatment of EU Polity --- p.37 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Maltreatment of EU Foreign Policy --- p.38 ; Chapter 2.3 --- From IR ThEories to Policy-oriented Analysis --- p.40 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Enlargement Experience of the Usual Reference --- p.41 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Cross-pillar Characteristics of ENP ...

by Lai Fei Loi. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves [53-55]). ; Abstract and questionnaire in English and Chinese. ; List of tables ; Acknowledgements ; INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.10 ; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.25 ; DATA ANALYSES AND DISCUSSIONS --- p.33 ; References ; Appendix

Chan Chi Yuen. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-265). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements --- p.i ; Table of Contents --- p.iii ; Abstract --- p.vii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Politics of Political Accountability in Hong Kong 一 The Research Puzzle and Questions --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- "Research Puzzle: Different Conception of ""Political Accountability""?" --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions and Design --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.6 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Concept of Accountability - the Normative and Theoretical Issues --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Accountability - Ideals and Actualities --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Why Political Accountability? The Ideal of Rendering Account --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- The need of limited government --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Concept of Accountability - a Kind of Political Control --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- "Rendering Account - Information, Reason and Sanctions" --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Representation and Accountable Government: a Comparative Approach --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.4 --- The Desirability of Accountability - the Tactful Balance --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.5 --- The Limitation of Accountability - Informational Barrier --- p.34 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Concept of Accountability 一 the Organizational Issues --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Structural Components of Accountability --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Formal Organizational Components of Democratic Accountability --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Vertical and Horizontal Accountability --- p.43 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Typology of Accountability --- p.46 ; Chapter 3.4.1 --- Classical dichotomy of political and administrative accountability --- p.46 ; Chapter 3.4.2 --- Political Accountability ´ؤ Vertical Accountability Agents --- p.49 ; Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Elections/ Electoral sanctions --- p.51 ; Chapter 3.4.2.2 --- Other Popular Mechanisms --- p.57 ; Chapter 3.4.2.2.1 --- Pressure groups --- p.57 ...

Icelandic politics are analysed from the perspectives of three normative models of democracy: the liberal, republican and deliberative democratic theories. While the Icelandic constitution is rooted in classical liberal ideas, Icelandic politics can be harshly criticized from a liberal perspective, primarily because of the unclear separation of powers of government and for the extensive involvement of politics in other social sectors. Despite strong nationalist discourse which reflects republican characteristics, rooted in the struggle for independence from Denmark, republicanism has been marginal in Icelandic politics. In the years before the financial collapse, Icelandic society underwent a process of liberalization in which power shifted to the financial sector without disentangling the close ties that had prevailed between business and politics. The special commission set up by the Icelandic Parliament to investigate the causes of the financial collapse criticized Icelandic politics and governance for its flawed working practices and lack of professionalism. The appropriate lessons to draw from this criticism are to strengthen democratic practices and institutions. In the spirit of republicanism, however, the dominant discourse about Icelandic democracy after the financial collapse has been on increasing direct, vote-centric participation in opposition to the system of formal politics. While this development is understandable in light of the loss of trust in political institutions in the wake of the financial collapse, it has not contributed to trustworthy practices. In order to improve Icelandic politics, the analysis in this paper shows, it is important to work more in the spirit of deliberative democratic theory ; Peer Reviewed

Alvin Min Che Lin. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-127). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract in English and Chinese --- p.i-ii ; Acknowledgements --- p.iii ; List of Abbreviations --- p.v ; Photo of Tolo Harbour reclamation near Chinese University --- p.vi ; Chapter Chapter 1. --- "The Harbour Reclamation Debate: Introduction, Theoretical Framework and Literature Review" --- p.1 ; Chapter Chapter 2. --- Govemment as City Planner: How and Why the Government Came to Pursue its Reclamation Plans in Victoria Harbour. Issues in Hong Kong's Town Planning System --- p.29 ; Chapter Chapter 3. --- Framing the Debate: the Rise of the Harbour Protection Movement and the Government's Initial Response (October 1994 ´ؤ October1995) --- p.41 ; Chapter Chapter 4. --- "The Debate Gets Underway: Organizing, Campaigning, Lawmaking (November 1995 - June1997)" --- p.59 ; Chapter Chapter 5. --- "Continuity and Change After the Handover: Escalation, Showdown and Resolution (July 1997 - October 1999 and Beyond)" --- p.82 ; Chapter Chapter 6. --- Discussion and Conclusion. What We Learn From the Harbour Debate Significance of the Debate for Hong Kong Politics --- p.118 ; Bibliography --- p.124 ; Appendix: ; The Protection of the Harbour Ordinance and TPB Vision Statement Table of Government Plans and Alternative Plans ; Tables: ; Chapter 1.1 --- Existing/Committed and Proposed Reclamations in Victoria Harbour in1994 --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Uses for Existing and Proposed Harbour Reclamations --- p.33 ; Figures: ; Chapter 1.1 --- Lessig's Four Elements for Regulating Behavior --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Framework Applied to the Harbour Reclamation Debate --- p.15 ; Chapter 3.1 --- "The Harbour Debate, October 1994-October1995" --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.1 --- "The Harbour Debate, November 1995 - June1997" --- p.58 ; Chapter 5.1 --- "The Harbour Debate, July 1997 ´ؤ October 1999 and Beyond" --- p.81 ; Chapter 6.1 --- How Civil Society Influenced the ...

Wong Wai Ling. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-218). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements --- p.i ; Declaration --- p.iii ; Abstract --- p.iv ; 中文摘要 --- p.vii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Immigration of Cross-Border Families --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Family Strategies and Gender Relations --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Summary of Arguments --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Research Design and Methods --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.5 --- The Development of Cross-Border Families --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Map of the Thesis --- p.16 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- "Immigration, Gender, and Family" --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Western Feminist Rethinking of the Family --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Immigration Scholarship of Family Theorizing --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.3 --- An Integrative Approach --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.4 --- The Concept of Strategy with a Gender Perspective --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Gender and Internal Family Processes --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.6 --- The Making of the Structural Context --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.7 --- Chinese Traditional Family Culture as Resource or Constraint? --- p.35 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- Immigration and Family Formation Across the Hong Kong 一 Guangdong Border --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.1 --- History of Chinese Immigration and Cross-Border Family Formation --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Immigration Policy and Family Split Structures --- p.42 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Immigration and Social Location of Immigrant Families --- p.45 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Women's Economic Situation --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.5 --- The Context of Reception --- p.51 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- Strategies and Family Patterns --- p.62 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Tensions in Reconstituted Cross-Border Families --- p.63 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Family Strategies and Conjugal Arrangements --- p.64 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Legal Reunited Conjugal Arrangement --- p.67 ; Chapter 4.4 --- Split Conjugal Arrangement --- p.71 ; Chapter 4.5 --- Bi-national Conjugal Arrangement --- ...

Zhang, Shiyu. ; Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-87). ; Abstracts also in Chinese. ; Title from PDF title page (viewed on 06, December, 2016).

Li Shuk-wan. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-203). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.I ; 摘要 --- p.II ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.III ; Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Statement of Goals --- p.1 ; The Feminization of The Occupation --- p.4 ; Setting: The Development of Gender Rights in Hong Kong --- p.10 ; Literature Review --- p.11 ; Methodology --- p.20 ; Field Observation --- p.23 ; About Skyhawk Air --- p.24 ; Questionnaires with the General Public --- p.25 ; Media Data --- p.25 ; Field and Thesis Languages --- p.26 ; Ethical Issues --- p.26 ; Outline of Thesis --- p.27 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- "NEGOTIATING ""HUNGJE"" STEREOTYPES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE" --- p.30 ; "Discourse, Ideologies, and the Normalized Public" --- p.30 ; Images of Hungje in the Media: The Public/Private Dichotomy --- p.33 ; Kind and Caring Mothers --- p.35 ; Friendly Neighbors --- p.37 ; Agents of Smile --- p.38 ; Beauty Icon --- p.41 ; Sex Icon --- p.44 ; Stereotypical Images of Hungje in Public Discourse --- p.47 ; FAs' Responses to Stereotypical Images in Public Discourse --- p.49 ; """Hungje and the Public/Private Dichotomy" --- p.50 ; """I am a Flight Attendant"" and ""I Work in the Airline Industry """ --- p.52 ; Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- RECRUITING THE RELEVANT BODY --- p.62 ; Experiences of Recruitment --- p.62 ; """To See and To Be Seen""" --- p.66 ; Phoenix Air Recruitment --- p.68 ; The Face --- p.68 ; "A """Pro ´ح Dress Code" --- p.70 ; The Arm-Reach --- p.71 ; "The ""Official"" FA Image" --- p.72 ; Tiger Air Recruitment --- p.73 ; The Arm-Reach --- p.73 ; The Standing Posture --- p.73 ; The FA Image --- p.74 ; The Sitting Posture --- p.75 ; "The ""Official"" FA Image" --- p.76 ; The Skin --- p.77 ; The Hairstyle --- p.78 ; Body Gestures --- p.79 ; Pre-Employment Briefing --- p.81 ; Conclusion --- p.82 ; Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- CREATING AN APPROPRIATE MARKETABLE IMAGE --- p.84 ; The Training Course --- p.85 ; Image Management at ...

Ho Kiu-Chor. ; Thesis submitted in: July 2003. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i-ii ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.16 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.51 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- Media Discourse and Adolescent Experience of Consuming Media Images --- p.84 ; Chapter Chapter Five --- Disciplinary Practices of Schools and Self-concepts of Adolescents --- p.121 ; Chapter Chapter Six --- Discursive Tactics and Adolescent Subjectivities --- p.168 ; Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusion --- p.195 ; Bibliography --- p.i-v ; Appendix --- p.i-iii

Tse, Hiu Hin. ; Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-169). ; Abstracts also in Chinese. ; Title from PDF title page (viewed on 15, September, 2016).

prepared by Chu Yan-kit. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-145). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.iii-iv ; List of Tables and Figures --- p.vii-ix ; List of Abbreviations --- p.x ; Abstract --- p.xi-xiv ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1-39 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Scope and Purpose --- p.1-2 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Literature Review --- p.3-18 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Public Budgeting Researches in Hong Kong --- p.3-4 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- On-Hand Budgeting Theories --- p.5-12 ; Chapter 1.2.3 --- Neo-Institutional Approach --- p.13-18 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptualization --- p.19-27 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Premises of the Explanatory Model --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.3.2 --- Rationale of the Model --- p.20-27 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Operationalization --- p.28-36 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Working Definitions --- p.28-29 ; Chapter 1.4.2 --- Operationalization of the Research --- p.29-32 ; Chapter 1.4.3 --- Indicators and Hypotheses --- p.32-34 ; Chapter 1.4.4 --- Methodology --- p.35-36 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Research --- p.37 ; Notes --- p.38-39 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Background --- p.40-69 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Characteristics of the Colonial Public Finance System & Marco-Economic Context for the Public Finance System --- p.40-47 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Revenue Aspect of the Public Finance System --- p.40-41 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Expenditure Aspect of the Public Finance System 42- --- p.47 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Macro Economic Context for the Two Institutional Levels from the 1970s to the 1990s --- p.48-53 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Financially Non-Stringent & Stringent Periods for the First Level Institutions --- p.48-50 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Non-Hostile & Hostile Periods for the Second Level Institutions --- p.51-53 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Composition and Characteristics of the Actors in the Two Institutional Levels --- p.54-59 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Actors in the First Level Institutions and the Second Level Institutions --- p.54 ; Chapter ...

by Wong Tze-Kin. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-199). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i ; ABSTRACTS --- p.ii ; LIST OF TABLES AND DIAGRAM --- p.ix ; ABBREVIATIONS --- p.x ; Chapter PART ONE: --- APEC AND THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ; CHAPTER ; Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Background: the First APEC Meeting in 1989 --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Statement --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Propositions of Thesis --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Conceptual Framework --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Premises --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.3.2 --- The Political Economy of Globalization and Regionalization --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.3.3 --- International Cooperation and the Differentiation between Strong Regimes and Weak Regimes --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.3.4 --- "Functions of Regimes: Information, Institutional Nesting and Cross Issues-Linkage" --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Sources of Materials and Organization of the Study --- p.20 ; Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Concepts of Globalization and Regionalization --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Theories of Cooperation Among States --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Realist Theories --- p.25 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Neo-Liberal Institutional ism --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- Remarks --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.3 --- The Study of APEC --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Objectives of APEC --- p.33 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Constraints on APEC --- p.35 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- Theoretical Implications of APEC --- p.37 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.39 ; Chapter PART TWO: --- "INTERDEPENDENCE, INDIVIDUAL VISIONS AND THE BIRTH OF APEC" ; Chapter III. --- THE CREATION OF APEC AND INCENTIVES OF ORIGINAL PLAYERS --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Interdependence and the Development of Non-governmental Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Historical Development of Non-governmental Organizations --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.1.2 --- Problems of Economic Cooperation in the ...

submitted by Chong King Man. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves [76-84]). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Chapter Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter {A} --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter {B} --- Research Questions --- p.2 ; Chapter {C} --- Contribution --- p.4 ; Chapter {D} --- Issues in Politics and Language --- p.7 ; Chapter [1] --- Colonialism and importation of languages --- p.10 ; Chapter [2] --- Nationhood and language --- p.18 ; Chapter [3] --- Decolonization and language policy in education --- p.27 ; Chapter [4] --- Summary --- p.35 ; Chapter {E} --- Research Methodology --- p.37 ; Chapter {F} --- Outline of Thesis --- p.41 ; Chapter Chapter II. --- Contending Explanations and Framework of Analysis --- p.43 ; Chapter {A} --- "Contending Explanations, Models, and Theories" --- p.44 ; Chapter [1] --- Conspiracy explanation I: to exacerbate the gap between English and mother-tongue trained students --- p.44 ; Chapter [2] --- Conspiracy explanation II: to confuse Hong Kong people's identity and add a language-divisive factor in China --- p.47 ; Chapter [3] --- Pluralist explanation: local societal pressures --- p.50 ; Chapter [4] --- Muddling-through model --- p.53 ; Chapter [5] --- Institutionalism --- p.55 ; Chapter [6] --- China's pressure --- p.57 ; Chapter {B} --- Policy Window Approach --- p.59 ; Chapter [1] --- Problem stream --- p.64 ; Chapter [2] --- Political stream --- p.67 ; Chapter [3] --- Policy stream --- p.74 ; Chapter [4] --- Coupling of streams and policy windows --- p.78 ; Chapter Chapter III. --- Language-in-Education Policy in Hong Kong: The Colonial Setting --- p.82 ; Chapter {A} --- English Language as Prestige --- p.82 ; Chapter {B} --- Colonial Language Policy in Education-a brief review from the establishment of the colony to the early 1970s --- p.84 ; Chapter {C} --- Language Medium Policy from the 1970s to the early 1980s --- p.94 ; Chapter Chapter IV. --- Teaching medium policy during decolonization ...

本研究旨在探索台灣自一九九零年代末推行之母語復興運動及其影響。作為使用者為數最多的本土語言,閩南語一度沒落;隨著母語復興措施當中、鄉土語言教學政策的廣泛開展,閩南語自「方言」一逕躍升為台灣文化的象徵,更被從政者甚至政府利用作對外宣傳之用。 ; 作者通過語言人類學田野考察方法,試圖以閩南語作為案例,釐清及解讀以下幾點:(一)台灣民眾當今的語言選擇及使用狀況;(二)他們的語言態度,與其文化認同之對應關係;(三)語言在台灣族群認同政治所扮演的角色;(四)語言政治在各社會文化層面所引起之角力;(五)方言(或語言,如原住民語言)群之競爭,如何掀起語言及文化傳統之再造和復興,以圖合理化其族群作為台灣文化象徵的地位。 ; 研究結果顯示,雖然巴赫汀 (Bakhtin) 的「眾聲喧嘩」(heteroglossia) 理論在實務層面與台灣的多語、多元文化相呼應,但當地政府所提倡之文化多元論、以及各持份者之間的隱性競爭,若以布迪厄 (Bourdieu) 的文化複製理論和傅柯(Foucault) 的權力知識理論解讀,當更適切。總的來說,台灣的母語復興運動,乃一項與昔日保守政權的抗衡行為賦權,控制兼具的政治行動,更是多元政治文化的象徵。 ; This thesis looks into the government-led language revitalization campaign in Taiwan with special reference to the case of Hokkien, one of the "bensheng" (local) vernacular with Han Chinese roots, in terms of language rights, ethnogenesis, and cultural legitimacy. Tracing the rise and development of concepts such as cultural heritage, ethnic identity and democracy in the region, the focus is placed on the recent changes in Taiwan's language ideology and the intricate emergence of Hokkien as one of the "national" languages and symbols apart from the official language, i.e. Mandarin Chinese. ; Against the backdrop where contesting discourses on language and culture discourses co-exist and crossbreed with each other, there are a number of closely-related issues that this thesis examines in particular: (1) the ways in which language choices are made and perceived in various contexts; (2) implications of such language choices as related to one's cultural identities; (3) the role of language politics in self and group identification and ethnic classification in Taiwan; (4) the power dynamics in various socio-cultural spheres; and (5) the resulting competition of multiple speech groups in Taiwan for authenticity, legitimacy and superiority in the political arena by means of reconstruction and reinvention of ethnic languages and traditions. ; The findings reveal that despite the practical relevance of Bakhtin's theory of heteroglossia to Taiwan's current ethnogenesis against the backdrop of multilingualism and ...