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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... party favoured by Catholics ( Bennie , Brand & Mitchell , 1997 ) . However it could be argued that this reflects the poverty of Irish immigrants and the traditional sympathy of the Labour Party towards the poor . Later on we will see ...
... Party members are prototypically Scottish . Indeed he identifies a clear tendency in the Party which is anti - Scottish . By contrast there is a genuinely Scottish tradition in the Labour movement which , Kay claims , is represented by ...
... parties and organisations British National Party 91 Common Cause ( Scotland ) 190 Conservative Party ( Britain ) xi , 58 , 103 , 109 , 124 , 125 , 127 , 128 , Democracy for Scotland 190 Indian National Congress 22 Labour Party ( Britain ) ...
Contents
The National Question | 1 |
Psychology and Nationhood | 28 |
Nation and Mobilization | 57 |
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