Format:
x, 226 Seiten
ISBN:
9781107100381
,
9781107496194
Content:
"We live in a world in which being a 'citizen' of a state and being a 'national' are by no means the same. Amidst much scholarly debate about 'nations' and 'nationalism', comparatively little has been written explicitly on 'national identity' and a great deal less is solidly evidence-based. This book focuses on national identity in England and Scotland. Using data collected over twenty years it asks: does national identity really matter to people? How does 'national identity' differ from 'nationality' and having a passport? Are there particular people and places which have ambiguous or contested national identities? What happens if someone makes a claim to a national identity? On what basis do others accept or reject the claim? Does national identity have much internal substance, or is it simply about defending group boundaries? How does national identity relate to politics and constitutional change?"--
Content:
"What is it that is so interesting about national identity that it has intrigued us and dominated our research for some twenty years? Given what has already been published about nations, nationalism and national identity, why inflict yet another volume on readers? One reason is that a lot has been written about nationalism, a fair bit about 'nations', but far less about national identity"--
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction; 1. Thinking about national identity; 2. Accessing national identity; 3. National identity: do people care about it?; 4. Debatable lands: national identities on the border; 5. Claiming national identity; 6. The politics of national identity; 7. The notional other: ethnicity and national identity; 8. A manner of speaking: the end of being British?; 9. Whither national identity?; Appendix. National identity publications.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 210-219
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe McCrone, David, 1945 - Understanding national identity Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781316178928
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
,
Law
,
Ethnology
,
Sociology
Keywords:
England
;
Schottland
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Nationalcharakter
