Self and NationSAGE Publications, 2001 M05 1 - 256 pages Self and Nation is a lively and accessible exploration of the issues related to nationhood, nationalism and national identity. The authors challenge common assumptions of what 'national identity' means by addressing key concepts of identity, national character, national history and nationalist psychology. How do constructions of national identity affect the way people act, are mobilized, transform societies, create nations and reshape nations where they already exist? This book shows how the central notion of national identity is used by politicians and activists in support of attempts to create different types of nations. Self and Nation will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers in social psychology, politics, sociology and social anthropology. |
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... election date we interviewed 52 can- didates and senior activists spanning all the parties ( 20 of whom were MPs ) . We attended and recorded 16 election meetings , some by a single candidate , some involving all the candidates in a ...
... election . The constituency had a long history of sectarian dispute and the SNP leader , Alex Salmond , accused ... election , they tended to do very badly and certainly had no prospect of election . Many in the party were not wedded to ...
... election , in the Dundee East meeting , McAllion had sought to construe Labour as unique in contrast to a common category comprising both Conservatives and the SNP . After the election , and from a Scotland United platform , he ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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