Political/Cultural Identity: Citizens and Nations in a Global Era

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SAGE, 28/07/1997 - 198 páginas
This interdisciplinary book overviews political and cultural identity in the context of changes across the political landscape. These changes - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the recent Islamic revival - have profoundly altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world. In this context the author draws together the diverse strands of literature to throw light on the impact on identity of a changing global environment.

Peter Preston analyzes political, cultural and economic identities which lie at the centre of individual actions and social structure. This analysis is fleshed out by a detailed examination of specific regional cases, including: the realignment of Europe; the sharp rise of Pa

 

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Received Notions of Identity
18
An EthnographicBiographical Approach to Identity
37
The Idea of PoliticalCultural Identity
54
Global Changes and New PoliticalCultural Identities
77
Changing PoliticalCultural Identities in Europe
95
Changing PoliticalCultural Identities in the USA
120
Changing PoliticalCultural Identities in Pacific Asia
141
Locale Network and Memory
167
Bibliography
188
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P W Preston is Reader in Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His recent publications include Political/Cultural Identity (1997) and Pacific Asia in the Global System (1998).

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