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Nation-State Belonging among Asian Australians and the Question of Transnationalism

Deakin University, Juliet.Clark{at}deakin.edu.au

Research shows that migrants are likely to develop multiple attachments to local and global allegiances that lie beyond the boundaries of the nation-state. Drawing on the Asian Australian experience as a point of departure, this article explores whether Asian Australian migrants from a range of different social and cultural backgrounds are more or less likely than the rest of the Australian population to feel a sense of belonging to the nation-state. Using the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes 2003, the results show that Asian Australian migrants have similar views towards the nation-state as the rest of the Australian population. Given that research on the Asian Australian migrant experience is predominantly located in cultural studies, the results suggest the importance of using survey research as another avenue to understand the migrant experience.

Key Words: Asian Australians • migration • nation-state • transnationalism

Current Sociology, Vol. 57, No. 1, 27-46 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108097451


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