The Resource Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, (electronic resource)
Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and provocative book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the American context. Her results show that the combination of group commitment and the setting of exclusive boundaries on the national group affects how people behave toward their fellow Americans. Strong identifiers care a great deal about their national group. They want to help and to be loyal to their fellow Americans. By limiting who counts as an American, though, these strong identifiers place serious limits on who benefits from their pro-group behavior. Help and loyalty are offered only to 'true Americans,' not Americans who do not count and who are pushed to the periphery of the national group.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Contents
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- The need for a social theory of national identity
- Commitment to the national group
- The setting of national group boundaries
- The desire to help the national group
- Loyalty in the face of criticism
- Is national identity good or bad?
- Isbn
- 9780521760133
- Label
- Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity
- Title
- Who counts as an American?
- Title remainder
- the boundaries of national identity
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
- Subject
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- Loyalty -- Social aspects -- United States
- National characteristics, American
- National characteristics, American -- Psychological aspects
- Group identity -- United States
- Nationalism -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Social psychology -- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Nationalism -- Social aspects -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and provocative book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the American context. Her results show that the combination of group commitment and the setting of exclusive boundaries on the national group affects how people behave toward their fellow Americans. Strong identifiers care a great deal about their national group. They want to help and to be loyal to their fellow Americans. By limiting who counts as an American, though, these strong identifiers place serious limits on who benefits from their pro-group behavior. Help and loyalty are offered only to 'true Americans,' not Americans who do not count and who are pushed to the periphery of the national group.--
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- Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- National characteristics, American
- National characteristics, American
- Nationalism
- Nationalism
- Group identity
- Loyalty
- Social psychology
- United States
- Label
- Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The need for a social theory of national identity -- Commitment to the national group -- The setting of national group boundaries -- The desire to help the national group -- Loyalty in the face of criticism -- Is national identity good or bad?
- Control code
- CR9780511750717
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521760133
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)646066508
- Label
- Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The need for a social theory of national identity -- Commitment to the national group -- The setting of national group boundaries -- The desire to help the national group -- Loyalty in the face of criticism -- Is national identity good or bad?
- Control code
- CR9780511750717
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521760133
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)646066508
Subject
- Loyalty -- Social aspects -- United States
- National characteristics, American
- National characteristics, American -- Psychological aspects
- Group identity -- United States
- Nationalism -- United States -- Psychological aspects
- Social psychology -- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
- Nationalism -- Social aspects -- United States
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