Political/Cultural Identity: Citizens and Nations in a Global EraSAGE, 1997 M07 28 - 198 pages 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 |
Contents
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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