Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 198 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0761950265
,
0761950257
,
9780761950264
Content:
This interdisciplinary book overviews political and cultural identity in the context of changes across the political landscape. These changes - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the recent Islamic revival - have profoundly altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world. In this context the author draws together the diverse strands of literature to throw light on the impact on identity of a changing global environment. Peter Preston analyzes political, cultural and economic identities which lie at the centre of individual actions and social structure. This anal
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-193) and index
,
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 - An Introduction to the Problem; 2 - Received Notions of Identity; 3 - An Ethnographic/ BiographicalApproach to Identity; 4 - The Idea of Political-Cultural Identity; 5 - Global Changes and NewPolitical-Cultural Identities; 6 - Changing Political-Cultural Identities in Europe; 7 - Changing Political-Cultural Identities in the USA; 8 - Changing Political-Cultural Identities in Pacific Asia; 9 - Locale, Network and Memory; Bibliography; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780761950257
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Political/Cultural Identity : Citizens and Nations in a Global Era
Language:
English
