Hierarchies of Belonging: National Identity and Political Culture in Scotland and Quebec [Hardcover]

Ailsa Henderson (Author)

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Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press; illustrated edition edition (Nov 2 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0773532684
ISBN-13: 978-0773532687
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.8 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #733,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"As we incorporate objective and subjective boundaries and view national identification as a process that relies on a shared understanding of several social factors, we can gain a more detailed view of the dynamics of identity politics. Henderson provides an excellent example of how to do such detailed work." Neal Carter, St. Bonaventure University

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Nationalist movements in Scotland and Quebec are enjoying a resurgence. "Hierarchies of Belonging" explores the construction of national identity and nationalism and its effect on how citizens of Scotland and Quebec understand their relationship to the nation and the state. Ailsa Henderson analyses each nation's linguistic, racial, cultural, economic, and political diversity within a historical and contemporary context. Challenging the assumption that nationalism in Scotland can be characterized as "civic" in contrast to an "ethnic" model in Quebec, Henderson adopts a more complex model of national identity that distinguishes between nationalistic rhetoric, which is invariably civic in form, and public understandings of belonging, which tend to rely on ethnic markers. In "Hierarchies of Belonging" she demonstrates that nationalist rhetoric and a sense of belonging affect how citizens feel about the state, the nation, and each other.

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