Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building Between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

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中文摘要

韓恩澤在《不對稱的鄰居》一書中，將其關於國家與民族建構動態的解釋框架，從國內因素延伸到中國與其東南亞鄰國之間的邊疆國家建構。該書主張，中國與各鄰國之間的關係及權力分配，具有重要的理論思考價值。因此，韓恩澤在第二章提出「鄰里效應」的理論框架。此一框架直觀且具體。在其理論所涵蓋的四種類型中，有兩種類型最與本書核心關注相關，也就是中國與東南亞邊境地區的族群政治。第一種類型認為，若兩個相鄰國家處於不對稱權力結構且雙邊關係敵對，較強大的國家將進行政軍干預，導致較弱國家對邊疆地區的控制出現碎片化。第二種類型則指出，若權力結構不平衡但雙邊關係友好，其效果主要會表現在較強大國家所帶來的廣泛經濟影響。

Abstract

Enze Han, in his book Asymmetrical Neighbors, extends his explanatory framework about the dynamics of state and nation-building beyond domestic factors to examine borderland state building between China and its neighboring Southeast Asian countries. The book argues that the relationship and power distribution between China and each of its neighburs are ripe for theoretical consideration. Accordingly, Han develops a theoretical framework called the “neighborhood effect” in Chapter 2. The framework is intuitive and specific. Two of the four types of situations that fit Han's theory are most relevant to the book's main focus, which is ethnic politics along the borders between China and Southeast Asia. The first type contends that if two adjacent countries encounter an asymmetrical power structure and an adversarial relationship, the more powerful country will exert political/military meddling, resulting in fragmentation of the weaker state's control of its borderland. The second considers that if the power structure is unbalanced while the bilateral relationship is amicable, the effects will mostly be felt in extensive economic influences emanating from the more powerful country.

引用格式

Chen, I. T.-y. (2021). Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.. The China Journal, 85, 209-210. https://doi.org/10.1086/711552

Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. "Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building Between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.." The China Journal, vol. 85, 2021, pp. 209-210, doi.org/10.1086/711552.

Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. "Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building Between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.." The China Journal 85 (2021): 209-210. https://doi.org/10.1086/711552

Chen, Ian Tsung-yen 2021, 'Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.', The China Journal, vol. 85, pp. 209-210, https://doi.org/10.1086/711552.

Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.. The China Journal. 2021;85:209-210. https://doi.org/10.1086/711552

@article{Chen2021ReviewAsymmetrical,
  author = {Chen, Ian Tsung-yen},
  title = {Review: Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State Building between China and Southeast Asia, by Enze Han. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {The China Journal},
  volume = {85},
  pages = {209-210},
  doi = {10.1086/711552},
  url = {https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/711552}
}