Understanding National Identity

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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 'nation…

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Title Statements

Full title :Understanding National Identity / David McCrone ; Frank Bechhofer

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:236 p. ; : 228 x 152 mm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107100381, 1107100380
oclc:ocn907521808
LC Classification:JC311
Dewey Decimal:320.540941

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

Subjects

Caractéristiques nationales Etniske minoriteter Group identity Identité (psychologie) -- Aspect social Identité collective Identity (Psychology)- -- Social aspects kollektiv bevidsthed National characteristics national identitet Nationalism Nationalisme