National belonging and everyday life: the significance of nationhood in an uncertain world

This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations? And, why, and for whom, might this idea be significant, notably in an era of increasing global uncertainty? MICHAEL SKEY is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of East London, UK. His research interests include nations and nationalism, theories of everyday life, cosmopolitanism, media rituals and sport and he has published work on these subjects in a range of journals including 'Nations & Nationalism','Sociological R'e'view', 'Journal of Cultural Geography, Ethnicities and Cultural Sociology.' INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction: What's Going On? - Theorising National Discourse - 'Football, Tea and Racism': Talking With and About the Nation - 'Aggressively Defensive': Managing Perceived Threats to the Nation - 'We Knew Who we Were': Ecstatic Nationalism and Social Solidarity - 'It Broadens our Horizons': Are We all Cosmopolitan Now? - Conclusions - Bibliography - Endnotes -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24761-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés