CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Chan, Sau Kan |
|---|---|
| Title | Indigenous Development?-- Discourses on the Chinese Auto Industry |
| Summary | In response to the lack of research on the ideational aspect of the Chinese auto industrial policy and the strong influence of nationalism in China, the thesis looks into the nationalistic ideas and discourses on the indiginous development of the Chinese auto industry. The thesis first presents and analyzes the Chinese government’s and auto makers’ discourses on indigenous development respectively and then discusses the discourses through the lens of economic nationalism. In the government’s discourse, the indigenous development of brands and technologies was considered the solution to the challenges brought by globalization and China’s WTO accession to Chinese industries including the Chinese auto industry, as well as to the challenges faced by the auto industry dominated by joint-ventures. In the automakers’ discourses, indiginous development was considered necessary for various reasons, including the symbolic value of indiginous brands and technologies, the desire to gain controlling power and historical missions. Employing the framework of constructivist political economy and economic nationalism, the research found that the two fundamental ideals of nationalism—national autonomy and national identity are two crucial elements in both government’s and automakers’ discourses on indiginous development. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/sau-kan_chan.pdf |
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