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Why do so many people take-for-granted the idea that they live in and belong to a nation? Do national identities matter and, if so, to whom? To what extent are processes of globalisation undermining or reinforcing attachments to the nation? Drawing on insights from sociology, social psychology and anthropology, Michael Skey addresses these complex questions by examining the views and attitudes of a group that has been overlooked in much of the recent literature; the ethnic majority. Through a detailed analysis of the ways in which members of the majority in England discuss their own attachments, their anxieties about the future, and, in particular, their relations with minority groups, Skey demonstrates the link between a more settled sense of national belonging and claims to key material and psycho-social resources. By analysing what is at stake for the majority, the book offers a more complete understanding of recent controversies over immigration, multiculturalism and community cohesion in Western settings, as well as a framework for theorising the significance of nationhood in the contemporary era.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: National Belonging and Everyday Life
• Subtitle: The Significance of Nationhood in an Uncertain World
• Author: Michael Skey
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 200
• EAN: 9780230247611
• ISBN: 023024761X
• ID: 04553060
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 378 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 145 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. October 2011

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