On the Concept of "Sub-State Region" as a Historic-, Linguistic-, and Cultural Community inside a Sovereign State

论作为主权国家内部历史、语言和文化共同体的“次国家地区”概念

• 批准号: 08620050
• 负责人: SHIGAKI Mitsuhiro
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1996 至 1997
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-08620050/
• 关键词: Puerto Rico; Okinawa; sovereign state; region; nation; ehnic group; prebiscite; 住民投票; プエルト・リコ; エスニックグループ

In this research, applicability of the concept of "sub-state region" to the cases of Puerto Rico and Okinawa was examined. The concept of "sub-state region "is difined as "a political unit of a group of human beings with a historic-, linguistic-, and culturalcommunity based on a geographicspace, which does not prefer the establishment of an independent sovereign state and rather choose to remain, or to be integrated, under the sovereignty of other state with a different histoyic-, linguistic, and cultural background"As for the case of Puerto Rico, application of the concept is useful for understanding the political situation of this territory with a Spanish cultural background under the sovereignty of the United States. Although Puerto Rico qualifies for the formation of its own independent sovereign state, the people of Puerto Rico has shown their preference of remaining in the United States. Conventional concepts like "nation" or "ethnic group" cannot explaine this fact. Here the concept of "sub-state region" which separates the issues of "nationality" or "ethnicity" from that of sovereign state is more helpful to understand the situation. In the case of Okinawa, the same can be said.

在本研究中，“次国家地区”的概念的适用性的情况下，波多黎各和冲绳进行了审查。“次国家地区“的概念被定义为“一个基于地理空间的具有历史、语言和文化共同体的人类群体的政治单位，该群体不希望建立一个独立的主权国家，而是选择在具有不同历史、语言、文化和历史的其他国家的主权下保持或整合。“至于波多黎各的情况，适用这一概念有助于理解在美国主权下这一具有西班牙文化背景的领土的政治局势。虽然波多黎各有资格组成自己的独立主权国家，但波多黎各人民已表示愿意留在美国。传统的“民族”或“族群”概念无法解释这一事实。在此，将“民族”或“种族”问题与主权国家问题分开的“次国家地区”概念更有助于理解这种情况。冲绳的情况也是如此。