Nationhood at work : an ethnography of workplaces in Montreal and Brussels /

How are nations (continued to be) made? In this important contribution to nationalism studies, Dave Poitras explores how nationhood and the idea of living in a world of nations are experienced in the cities of Montreal and Brussels. Drawing on ethnographic research, he identifies three typical ways...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Poitras, Dave (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Series:Cultures of society ; volume 35
Subjects:
Industrial sociology > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Industrial sociology > Belgium > Brussels.
Nationalism > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Nationalism > Belgium > Brussels.
Sociologie industrielle > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Sociologie industrielle > Belgique > Bruxelles.
Nationalisme > Québec (Province) > Montréal.
Nationalisme > Belgique > Bruxelles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Industrial sociology
Nationalism
Belgium > Brussels
Québec > Montréal
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Preface
  • Section 1. Five Work Tasks and Three Modes of Operating Nationhood
  • Chapter 1. Building Nations as a Profession: The Work Task Dynamic Operating upon Nationhood
  • Chapter 2. Elaborating National Constructs as Strategies: The Work Task Dynamic Operating with Nationhood
  • Chapter 3. The Power of States and Routines: The Work Task Dynamic Operated by Nationhood
  • Section 2. The Unquestionability of a World Divided into Nations
  • Chapter 4. Doing Nationhood and Making Nations: The Everyday Significance of Living in a World of Nations
  • Chapter 5. Lived Nationhood in Montreal and Brussels: A Model Particular to Bi-Ethnonational Milieus
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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