The core of the thesis is, taking Chinese and Taiwanese identities in the contemporary Taiwanese society as cases, to discover how people perceive, formulate, and interact with identities. The research implements the grounded theory and in-depth interview research method, conducting 108 interviews in different regions of Taiwan from 2010 to 2013. The main argument is that identity in and of itself is merely a generic label, which does not cause emotions or behaviours - people know they are ascribed to certain categories, but they lack of motivations to take actions for the categorical groups. Only those identities articulated with 'emotion- or value-oriented discourses' can gain the capacity of provoking people's feelings and mobilising people to act. My research identifies and gives explicit discussions on two types of emotion-oriented discourses - imagined nostalgia and ethical narrative (which is also a value-oriented discourse), and three kinds of value-oriented discourses. They are: (1) Ethical narrative sets moral values for its audience; (2) cultural hierarchy defines socio-cultural values in society; and (3) political ideology signifies core political values of its audience. By treating identity as emotion- or value- oriented discourse, the thesis challenges traditional stereotypes of Taiwanese and Chinese identities in the society - such as identifying as Taiwanese means desiring independence, or all waishengren group would claim Chinese identity - and offers adequate theories to explain why it is not the case. The thesis emphasises that there is no determinant identity in the society, and it is possible for people to have a certain degree of free will choosing to accept or to reject the operation of an identity. The thesis takes critical views on identity politics, deeming it as a risky, double-edged sword in the contemporary politics, which should be carefully examined and substituted with another ideology capable to achieve political emancipation.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The aims of this research were to evaluate the merit of a communication-based medical approach to cancer prevention in Taiwan and to give deeper understanding of whether physicians view this type of method as a possible solution to public health problems. It is also hoped that this research will be able to find out whether doctors support the use of COMBI for managing public health issues in Taiwan. The results show that Taiwanese physicians perceive communication-based approach and communication methods as a way for managing public health problems, and they also agree that COMBI can be used for cancer or other public health issues prevention. The World Health Organization has used COMBI to deal with public health issues and has made a huge impact in many countries, combating diseases such as dengue fever, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS with successful results. There is also a large body of research indicating that there is a strong relationship between eating fruits and vegetables and cancer prevention. In Taiwan, cancer has been both the top cause of death for 18 years and one of the top ten causes of death for 30 years. However, more than 80% of people in Taiwan still do not consume enough fruits and vegetables daily. Thus, this COMBI plan is hoped to help change these people’s eating habits for cancer prevention. The plan is also evaluated by doctors from Taiwan in terms of its pros and cons in this document, and suggestions for changes are made. These doctors view communication-based strategies like COMBI as a key component for managing public health problems, and they also believe that this COMBI plan will accomplish its goal of increasing people's fruit and vegetable intake for cancer prevention in Taiwan. Up till now, only minimal research has been conducted on the use of COMBI in Taiwan. Therefore, this investigation is hoped to initiate this research and provide a guideline for future COMBI-based actions taken in Taiwan.

Cette thèse se situe à la jonction de l'approche foucaldienne de l'idéologie néolibérale, de l'anthropologie politique du corps et du féminisme. Il s'agit de la première étude prenant pour objet les pratiques de beauté féminine à Taïwan. Ces dernières, dans leurs formes contemporaines, visent un idéal, celui de la zhenmei (正妹), plaisant aux hommes, mais aussi source d'une grande satisfaction pour les femmes qui l'atteignent. Ces pratiques sont coûteuses en énergie, temps et argent et contribuent significativement à une vie jugée réussie, que ce soit sur le marché du mariage, de l'emploi, ou encore dans les relations sociales en général, ainsi que pour la satisfaction de soi. L'idéal de beauté est atteint par une surveillance constante du corps des femmes, une surveillance qui tantôt réprime, mais qui tantôt produit aussi des comportements jugés désirables. Je nomme cette surveillance et les pratiques qui en découlent le « travail esthétique » (aesthetic labor). Dans un contexte où les relations entre les femmes et les hommes sont clairement inégales, ce travail, qui se voit naturalisé et « invisibilisé », peut être vu comme une inégalité de plus. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, plutôt que de condamner les pratiques de beauté, je souhaite comprendre la rationalité qui sous-tend un si grand investissement dans l'apparence des répondantes qui ont participé à ma recherche. Ces femmes (80), rencontrées au cours d'une collecte de données de type ethnographique, étaient urbaines, instruites et elles maîtrisaient les compétences nécessaires au travail esthétique. Certaines étaient même des actrices critiques de l'idéal de la zhenmei et des pratiques qui en découlent. En appréhendant ce phénomène à partir d'une perspective critique de l'idéologie néolibérale, je montre que le travail esthétique participe de l'idéal d'un entrepreneur de soi responsable de la valorisation de son capital humain (dont la beauté est une composante) afin d'en tirer la reconnaissance des autres ainsi qu'une satisfaction personnelle. Mon analyse illustre que la satisfaction de soi, en tant que revenu immatériel de la valorisation du capital humain, est la visée du jeu d'appréciation-dépréciation que l'idéologie néolibérale implique. Les années de pratiques investies dans le travail esthétique sont menacées de dépréciation par le passage du temps et nécessitent un travail constant d'autosurveillance. Les processus visant à conjurer la dépréciation se trouvent particulièrement bien exemplifiés dans le cas de la grossesse qui représente, dans ce contexte, une vraie menace pour le capital. Les femmes se retrouvent alors devant une situation qui les amène à choisir entre la possibilité de sacrifier leur capital humain pour la poursuite de la lignée de leur époux ou la possibilité de s'engager dans des pratiques visant à corriger au mieux ce qui a été « brisé » par le fait de porter un enfant. Ces pratiques sont diffusées dans des magazines de maternité et institutionnalisées dans des centres de repos où les mères séjournent durant le mois suivant l'accouchement (月子中心). Des conseils spécifiques y sont dispensés concernant l'allaitement ainsi que la nourriture à consommer non plus tellement pour « se remettre » de la naissance, mais pour « redevenir comme avant ». Finalement, des pratiques traditionnelles sont réinterprétées par ce que je nomme le « souci pour la beauté ». Les femmes que j'ai rencontrées ont insisté sur l'importance de tenter de répondre de l'idéal de beauté et d'investir dans les pratiques jugées nécessaires malgré la maternité et le passage du temps. Enfin, ce ne sont pas toutes les femmes qui adhèrent ou peuvent adhérer à l'idéal de la zhenmei, certaines sont, en effet, réfractaires au modèle valorisé et mettent parfois de l'avant d'autres domaines de valorisation. / This thesis is located at the junction of feminism, political anthropology of the body and Foucauldian approach to neoliberal ideology. It is the first in-depth research on the phenomenon of women's practices of beauty in Taiwan. These practices aim at an ideal, the zhenmei (正妹), pleasing male gaze but also a source of great satisfaction for those women who reach it. Beauty practices are costly in time and in money and if they are seen as a condition for a successful marriage and career, they are also repeatedly said to be for one own satisfaction. The ideal is reached through a constant surveillance of their body which I call aesthetic labor. This labor is naturalized and invisibilized and in a context where gender relations are clearly unequal this could be seen as another example of inequality. However, my aim is not to condemn these practices but rather to understand the rationality underlying it. The women I met during the fieldwork (80) were educated and urban and mastered requirements of the aesthetic labor, though as reflexive actors some were critical of it. In addressing the phenomenon from the perspective of a critique of neoliberal ideology, I show that aesthetic labor contributes to the ideal of an entrepreneur of the self, responsible for enhancing her human capital (beauty capital) to get self-satisfaction and appreciation from others. I show that self-satisfaction is the real stake of the human capital appreciation-depreciation prescribed by neoliberal ideology. However, these years of work are threatened of depreciation (with the passage of time) and therefore need constant labor and self-monitoring. This becomes particularly clear with pregnancy which is seen as a significant threat to this capital. Women are faced with a choice, either they sacrifice their own human capital for the benefit of the children and hence the husband lineage, or they engage in a variety of practice to correct what has been "broken" by the fact of bearing a child. These practices have already been diffused in popular magazines, and institutionalized for example in rest houses to spend the "month" (月子). They also bring advice concerning breastfeeding and other concerns with appropriate food. Women explained the importance to keep up with the beauty ideal and self-manage to preserve their beauty capital even though mothering and aging. Finally, it is not all women of the Taipei Chic who want to abide by the beauty ideal. Some of them contest those norms and propose other domains of valorization.

本文主要探討新股初次上市(櫃)前後期間的股價反應，並藉由觀察準上市(櫃)公司正式上市(櫃)前於興櫃市場交易的股價反應，來驗證興櫃市場的價發現機能。實證結果顯示，上市(櫃)申請日起至興櫃市場最後交易日止期間平均持有報酬47.01%、上市(櫃)首日異常報酬為58.37%、正式掛牌上市(櫃)第二交易日起至一年後的報酬表現，新上櫃股票報酬為14.01%普遍優於新上市的-1.23%。 興櫃市場的價格發現機能相關研究方面，興櫃市場的價格發現機能相關研究的結論為:IPO首日超額報酬在興櫃市場就已經能率先適當反應，興櫃市場是有價格發現機能的，IPO首日超額報酬存在，很有可能是因為承銷價低估。 / This research aims to investigate the performance of IPO stocks during their offering. Our sample consists of IPO announced from March 1, 2005 to February 28, 2010 drawn from the Taiwan Economic Journal. The empirical results show that (1) the return from the day applying to TWSE or OTC to the last trading day on emerging stock market is 47.01%. (2)The IPOs market adjusted return on the first trading day is 58.37%. (3) The performance of IPO stocks listed on OTC is better than stocks listed on TWSE after their offering. We also observed the stock price before listing to test price discovery function of emerging stock market. Our research show that stocks price on emerging stock market has appropriately reacted before listing. Emerging stock market has price discovery mechanism.

The purposes of this cross-sectional and internet mixed methods study were: (a) to explore the level of structural empowerment (SEP), psychological empowerment (PE), participation in decision making (PDM), their relationships, and their predictors among Taiwanese nurses, and (b) to explore the influence of contextual factors (culture and gender) on the nurses’ perception on their work environment and PDM based on the feminist perspective and Laschinger’s expanded empowerment model. This study included an Internet questionnaire survey (quantitative) and a Web-based online forum (qualitative). A convenient sample of 163 Taiwanese registered nurses (a) who are currently working full time in health care institutions for at least 3 months, (b) can read and write Chinese on the computer, and (c) have access to the Internet was recruited and completed the internet survey. Among them, 20 completed the online forum discussion topics. The findings of the internet survey indicated that participants had moderate level of SEP, high-moderate level of PE and low level of PDM. Personal characteristics, such as age, education, and work experience, did not significantly correlate to Taiwanese nurses’ empowerment. However, the work structures, such as workload, types of hospitals, and work units, were significantly related to Taiwanese nurses’ empowerment and PDM. PE was a mediator between SEP and PDM, which indicated that with increased access to workplace empowerment structures, nurses perceived better personal empowerment, which in turn increased nurses’ PDM. In the online forum, two themes were discovered: (a) foot-binding unto nursing and (b) not open up. The first theme indicated that certain stereotypes regarding gender roles in Taiwanese society were restraints to the growth of nursing. Due to the stereotypes, nurses were located in the lower social status and developed powerless behaviors. The second theme indicated that communication among nurses was not sufficient, which might stem from the influence of Confucianism, collectivism, and power distance. The findings in this study extend our understanding of the empowerment and PDM among Taiwanese nurses within the context of gender and culture. / text

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The national identity of Taiwanese people has been a topic under public debate and academic inspection since Taiwan’s democratization in the 1980s and the 1990s. In this study, I interviewed fifteen Taiwanese students studying in the United States and talked with them about their national identity. Interviews with the fifteen students reveal that an independent Taiwanese identity has taken shape, while a Chinese cultural identity still remains part of the Taiwanese identity. It was also discovered that although a Taiwanese national identity has formed, a Taiwanese ethnicity has not yet taken a complete form. Discussions with the Taiwanese students also indicate that studying in the multi-cultural United States renders them more aware of their Taiwanese national identity, as well as their Chinese cultural identity.

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2010-2011 / Grâce au tournant sociologique de la discipline des relations internationales, les questions identitaires suscitent un intérêt nouveau. Ainsi, de nombreux auteurs cherchent à comprendre les effets de l'identité nationale ainsi que les facteurs - internes et externes - pouvant l'influencer. Notre étude analyse et évalue le poids relatif qu'exerce chacun des facteurs externes de nature économique, politique ou militaire sur les préférences identitaires et politiques des individus d'une nation en quête d'indépendance de jure ou, du moins, d'une plus grande autonomie. Ici, celle retrouvée à Taïwan. Les résultats nous permettent de confirmer que les facteurs de nature économique influenceront davantage l'opinion publique, l'amenant vers plus de pragmatisme. Cependant, la mémoire collective ainsi que les autres facteurs externes ont joué et continuent à jouer un rôle significatif dans la définition de l'identité nationale à Taïwan et dans l'élaboration de préférences conditionnelles en regard au statut politique futur de leur ± nation ¿.

台灣自2002年的電影《藍色大門》後，兼以青春成長和同性戀為主題的商業電影相繼出現。從相關電影文本分析可見，這類電影脫離以往媒體再現同性戀者的刻板印象，明朗清新的電影基調亦有別歷年華語同志電影的悲情和政治色彩，對華語同志電影類型作出了翻新。本論文採取導演深入訪談的研究方法，從電影工業及創作角度切入，指出台灣當時已然崩潰的電影工業環境、輔導金制度、同性戀題材不構成籌資困難，以及青春成長電影類型低成本的特性，均是這類華語同志電影特例出現的原因。由於電影強調同性戀和異性戀者的共同性，對同志的再現反而有所局限，本文認為，更恰當的同性戀再現應包含正面肯定性差異的態度。台灣青春同志電影的個案，讓我們了解作者在商業電影創作中注入個性遇到的各種困難，亦提供了認識「後新電影」重尋生存策略的視角，檢示和整理台灣走出新電影運動後長達二十年的低谷的經驗。 / Blue Gate Crossing (2002) marked the beginning of a series of coming-of-age films that dealt with homosexual subject matter in commercial Taiwanese cinema. Using the method of textual analysis, it is found that the basic tone of these films is light and refreshing, in contrast to the sad and political tone in previous generations of homosexual films. These coming-of-age films formed a new genre of Chinese-language homosexual cinema and a divergence from previous media representation of homosexual stereotypes. By conducting in-depth interviews with directors of these films and dissecting the creative process of production, it is found that the reasons for the appearance of this new genre include the collapse of Taiwanese cinema, the policy of government subsidies, the ease of securing funding and the low cost of producing coming-of-age films. It is also found that by emphasizing the similarities between homosexual and heterosexual relationships, these films created limitations for the representation of homosexuality. A more appropriate representation of homosexuality should include affirmation of sexuality differences.This special case of a coming-of-age homosexual genre reveals the difficulties faced by directors when they tried to add creative elements to commercial cinema, and provides insights into strategies for Post-New Cinema to survive. This study thus stands as an overview of how New Taiwan Cinema rebounded after its 20-year-long trough. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 鍾嘉瑩. / Thesis (M.Phil.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-116). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Zhong Jiaying.

吳秀江. / 論文(社會工作碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院社會工作學部, 1995. / 參考文獻: leaves 20-31 (2nd group) / Wu Xiujiang. / 致謝 / 摘要 / Chapter 第一章 --- 緖論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻探討 --- p.4 / Chapter 第三章 --- 理論架構 --- p.45 / Chapter 第四章 --- 研究方法 --- p.52 / Chapter 第五章 --- 硏究結果 --- p.56 / Chapter 第六章 --- 硏究結果的分析討論 --- p.70 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結論與建議 --- p.97 / 附錄一A問卷 / 附錄一B量表的計分方式 / 附錄二 量表的信度以及題目與總分相關 / 附錄三量表的平均數與標準差 / 參考文獻

吳浣靑. / "2000年7月" / 論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2000. / 參考文獻 (leaves 149-154) / 附中英文摘要. / "2000 nian 7 yue" / Wu Huanqing. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2000. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 149-154) / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 摘要 --- p.i-ii / 目錄 --- p.iii-iv / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 --- p.1-13 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究緣起與對象 --- p.2 / Chapter 第二節 --- 非營利組織政策倡導之文獻檢閱 --- p.6 / Chapter 第三節 --- 槪念整合 --- p.9 / Chapter 第四節 --- 硏究方法 --- p.10 / Chapter 第二章 --- 分析架構 --- p.14-44 / Chapter 第一節 --- 議程設定理論淺述 --- p.15 / Chapter 第二節 --- 政治、問題、政策三流程的內涵與運作 --- p.22 / Chapter 第三節 --- 非營利組織設定議程的策略 --- p.32 / Chapter 第四節 --- 結論：政策環境與議程設定的關係 --- p.38 / Chapter 第三章 --- 個案分析(一）殘障福利法的第一次修正與殘障聯盟的興起 --- p.45-68 / Chapter 第一節 --- 台灣地區身心障礙者槪況 --- p.45 / Chapter 第二節 --- 公共議程的論述與殘障權利運動的興起 --- p.47 / Chapter 第三節 --- 殘障聯盟的誕生與影響政治流程的策略 --- p.57 / Chapter 第四節 --- 決策議程的強化 --- p.63 / Chapter 第四章 --- 個案分析(二）殘障聯盟與身心障礙者保護法的訂定 --- p.69-109 / Chapter 第一節 --- 政治流程的變遷與政策的有限創新 --- p.69 / Chapter 第二節 --- 發展中的政策流程與問題流程 --- p.72 / Chapter 第三節 --- 進展緩慢的決策議程 --- p.81 / Chapter 第四節 --- 殘障聯盟的策略運用與政策視窗的開啓 --- p.94 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 --- p.110-124 / Chapter 第一節 --- 分析與發現 --- p.111 / Chapter 第二節 --- 討論與建議 --- p.120 / 附錄 --- p.125-148 / 附錄1殘障聯盟深度訪談 --- p.125 / 附錄2殘障聯盟深度訪談 --- p.127 / 參考書目 --- p.149-154 / 中文參考書目 --- p.149 / 英文參考書目 --- p.152 / 圖目錄 / Chapter 圖1-1 --- 福利鐵三角 --- p.3 / Chapter 圖1-2 --- 殘障聯盟組織架構圖 --- p.5 / Chapter 圖2-1 --- 議程與論述形式之關係 --- p.31 / Chapter 圖2-2 --- 政策倡導之分析架構 --- p.43 / 表目錄 / Chapter 表1-1 --- 台灣地區身心障礙福利機構統計 --- p.13 / Chapter 表2-1 --- 議程設定硏究典範的發展 --- p.16 / Chapter 表2-2 --- 政策環境的類型與分析面向 --- p.39 / Chapter 表3-1 --- 台灣地區身心障礙者人數比較 --- p.46 / Chapter 表3-2 --- 殘障者致殘原因統計 --- p.46 / Chapter 表3-3 --- 殘盟版經採納之條文 --- p.68 / Chapter 表4-1 --- 殘障政策的類型與分析面向 --- p.108 / Chapter 表4-2 --- 97年殘盟版經採納的條文 --- p.109 / Chapter 表5-1 --- 威權政體與民主政體政策過程之比較 --- p.119 / Chapter 表5-2 --- 社會變遷的理論與實踐 --- p.120