本文試圖由動態的政局變化及政治、文化菁英操縱的角度,透過國民黨國家想像的塑造、衰頹及中華民國(台灣)國家共同體重新建構的過程,來解析台灣主體意識強化趨勢中心外省菁英所提出的身份認同主張及族群處境。以瞭解在這動態發展過程中外省人的民族認同與國家認同的轉變。研究發現,當前台灣這種對國家認同歧異的真正根源在於不同族群對國家定位詮釋的差異、對家族與生命經驗的不同體驗、對民主運動與本土文化認同程度深淺,所形塑出的不同「文化意識」,並投射出不同的「國家想像」。結語指出,近年來,以台灣為國家內涵的公民意識已然萌生,中華民國已經從大中國的想像逐漸蛻化成以台澎金馬為範圍、生活於其上人民為同胞的嶄新想像共同體,故不同族群間應在相互包容的基礎上接受此一新生命共同體的想像。
This study aims to explore mainlanders' national identity and ethnic situation in Taiwan from the prospective of the recent trend in the strengthened Taiwanese nationalism. This issue is investigated in terms of the manipulation of political and cultural elites, as well as the political agenda in Taiwan, which has undergone a transformation from KMT's fabrication of China-related nationalism to the recent reconstruction of the Taiwanese identity. Findings from this the study suggest that the disparity in the identification of Taiwan as a mother country lies in different racial groups' different cultural identities, which lead to different national identities. Finally, this study points out a growing popular sentiments that Taiwan has become an independent country through democracy and, and the Republic of China has transformed from an imaginative China-related country to a new Taiwan-centered sovereignty, whose territory includes Taiwan, the Penghus, Kinmen, and Matsu and those who live in these areas are citizens of R. O. C.. Both mainlanders and Taiwanese have to agree with each other to the identification of Taiwan as a life community.