Liberal Nationalism and Its Critics

Normative and Empirical Questions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvGina Gustavsson,David Miller,Uppsala University) Gustavsson, Gina (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Government,University of Oxford) Miller, David (Professor of Political Theory, Professor of Political Theory, Nuffield College

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The thesis of liberal nationalism is that national identities can serve as a source of unity in culturally diverse liberal societies, thereby lending support to democracy and social justice. The chapters in this book examine that thesis from both normative and empirical perspectives, in the latter case using survey data or psychological experiments from the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, and the UK. They explore how people understand what it means to belong to their nation, and show that different aspects of national attachment - national identity, national pride, and national chauvinism - have contrasting effects on support for redistribution and on attitudes towards immigrants. The psychological mechanisms that may explain why people's identity matters for their willingness to extend support to others are examined in depth. Equally important is how the potential recipients of such support are perceived. 'Ethnic' and 'civic' conceptions of national identity are often contrasted, but the empirical basis for such a distinction is shown to be weak. In their place, a cultural conception of national identity is explored, and defended against the charge that it is 'essentialist' and therefore exclusive of minorities. Particular attention is given to the role that religion can legitimately play within such identities. Finally the book examines the challenges involved in integrating immigrants, dual nationals, and other minorities into the national community. It shows that although these groups mostly share the liberal values of the majority, their full inclusion depends on whether they are seen as committed and trustworthy members of the national 'we'.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-12-18
Mått157 x 240 x 22 mm
Vikt628 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor324
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198842545

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Gina Gustavsson is an Associate Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University. Her work spans political theory and political psychology, and has been published in Ethnicities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Political Studies, The European Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, and The Cambridge Companion to Isaiah Berlin. She is also the author of a forthcoming book on romantic liberalism. Half-Swedish and half-Estonian, she has always had a keen interest in national identity and immigration.David Miller is Professor of Political Theory at Nuffield College, Oxford and a Visiting Professor of Law and Philosophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2002. He has written widely on issues of national identity, citizenship, territory, and immigration, attempting throughout to build bridges between political philosophy and the social sciences. His next book will defend the idea of self-determination against its many critics.

Gina Gustavsson and David Miller: IntroductionPart 1: The Nature of National Identity1: David Miller: The Coherence of Liberal Nationalism2: Leonie Huddy and Alessandro del Ponte: National Identity, Pride, and Chauvinism - their Origins and Consequences for Globalization AttitudesPart 2: The Social Effects of National Identity3: Gina Gustavsson: National Attachment - Cohesive, Divisive, or Both? A Reconsideration of the National Identity Argument through the Lens of Social Identity Theory4: Nils Holtug: Does Nationhood Promote Egalitarian Justice? Challenging the National Identity Argument5: Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, Frank Gonzalez and Alison O'Toole: Hierarchy, American Identity, and Support for Anti-Poverty Efforts6: Matthew Wright and Morris Levy: 'Solidarity' versus Values as Drivers of Support for Immigrants' Access to Social Benefits7: Samuel Pehrson: Argumentative Contexts of National Identity Definition: Getting Past the Failures of a Universal Ethnic-Civic DichotomyPart 3: The Place of Culture and Religion in Liberal Nationalism8: Patti Tamara Lenard: Inclusive Identities: The Foundation of Trust in Multicultural Communities'9: Cécile Laborde and Sune Lægaard: Liberal Nationalism and Symbolic Religious Establishment10: Margaret Moore: Liberal Nationalism and the Challenge of EssentialismPart 4: Immigrants and Dual Nationals: Double Loyalties and Divided Selves?11: Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka, Allison Harrell, and Rebecca Wallace: Beyond National Identity: Liberal Nationalism, Shared Membership and Solidarity12: Karen N. Breidahl: Dual or Divided Identities? National Identity and Community Values among Immigrants in Denmark and Western Europe13: Lior Erez: Where the Heart Is: Liberal Nationalism, Social Trust, and Multiple National Belongings14: Kwame Anthony Appiah: An Unscientific Postscript

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