Nationalist Entrepreneurs and Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia - Sustaining Public Interest

The nationalism surrounding territorial sovereignty requires a domestic nationalist ecosystem, aka the Nationalist Industrial Complex, to sustain public interest. It focusses on nationalist entrepreneurs representing local merchants who commodify nationalism by building businesses.

List of contents

Introduction: The business of nationalism Chapter 1: The Nationalist Industrial Complex (NIC) & discourses Chapter 2: Public awareness vs. public interest Chapter 3: Dokdo bread, Diaoyudao noodles, and Northern Territories apparel Chapter 4: The curious case of trademarks Conclusion: Gatekeepers, not instigators? Index

About the author

Jiun Bang is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Her thematic research interests include International Relations Theory (IRT), Security Studies, and gender/gendering, with a regional focus on Northeast Asia that typically includes China, Japan, and South Korea. She has published on South Korean female legislators (2023) and the religious far-right in South Korea (2025).

Product details

• Authors: Jiun Bang
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041098492
• ISBN: 978-1-041-09849-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Rethinking Asia and International Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; China, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Nationalism, International Relations, South East Asia, Social & political philosophy, International business, social and political philosophy, International Economics, Political Economy, International Trade, Armed Conflict, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, territorial disputes;Northeast Asia;Nationalism