Understanding National Identity

by McCrone, David

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Title Statements

Full title :Understanding National Identity / David McCrone, Frank Bechhofer.

Summary

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?

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2016).

The Physical Object

Description:1 Online-Ressource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781316178928, 1316178927
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316178928
oclc:ocn949926142
LC Classification:JC311
Dewey Decimal:305.8

Subjects

Caractéristiques nationales Group identity Identité collective National characteristics Nationalism Nationalisme Online-Ressource Social Identification