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Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity /
"Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the Am...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the American context. Her results show that the combination of group commitment and the setting of exclusive boundaries on the national group affects how people behave toward their fellow Americans. Strong identifiers care a great deal about their national group. They want to help and be loyal to their fellow Americans. By limiting who counts as an American, though, these strong identifiers place serious limits on who benefits from their pro-group behavior. Help and loyalty are offered only to "true Americans," not Americans who do not count and who are pushed to the periphery of the national group."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511744518 051174451X 9780511749971 051174997X 9780511750717 0511750714 1107207738 9781107207738 1282653393 9781282653399 9786612653391 6612653396 0511749228 9780511749223 0511743424 9780511743429 0511742355 9780511742354 |