Title Who counts as an American? : the boundaries of national identity / Elizabeth Theiss-Morse

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : illustrations 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? Summary "Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this 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 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."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2021. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject National characteristics, American. National characteristics, American -- Psychological aspects Nationalism -- Social aspects -- United States Nationalism -- United States -- Psychological aspects Group identity -- United States Loyalty -- Social aspects -- United States Social psychology -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Group identity National characteristics, American National characteristics, American -- Psychological aspects Nationalism -- Psychological aspects Nationalism -- Social aspects Social conditions Social psychology Nationalbewusstsein National characteristics, American. National characteristics, American -- Psychological aspects. Nationalism -- Social aspects -- United States. Nationalism -- United States -- Psychological aspects. Group identity -- United States. Loyalty -- Social aspects -- United States. Social psychology -- United States. SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020 Subject United States USA United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511744518 051174451X 9780511749971 051174997X 9780511750717 0511750714 1107207738 9781107207738 1282653393 9781282653399 9786612653391 6612653396 0511749228 9780511749223 0511743424 9780511743429 0511742355 9780511742354

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