Political/Cultural Identity Citizens and Nations in a Global Era

by P W Preston

• ISBN13: 9780761950264
• ISBN10: 0761950265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-18
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

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 Pacific Asia; and the Americas after NAFTA.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Abbreviations	x
An Introduction to the Problem	1	(17)
Received Notions of Identity	18	(19)
An Ethnographic/Biographical Approach to Identity	37	(17)
The Idea of Political-Cultural Identity	54	(23)
Global Changes and New Political-Cultural Identities	77	(18)
Changing Poltical-Cultural Identities in Europe	95	(25)
Changing Political-Cultural Identities in the USA	120	(21)
Changing Political-Cultural Identities in Pacific Asia	141	(26)
Locale, Network and Memory	167	(21)
Bibliography	188	(6)
Index	194