National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change

by F. Bechhofer (Editor), D. McCrone (Editor)

Overview

What does it mean to say you're English, Scottish, British? Does it matter much to people? Has devolution and constitutional change made a difference to national identity? Does the future of the UK depend on whether or not people think they are British? Social and political scientists answer these questions vital to the future of the British state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349309023
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/08/2009
Edition description:	1st ed. 2009
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

FRANK BECHHOFER is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he was Professor of Social Research until 1997. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. For more than a decade he has carried out research with David McCrone on national identity and nationalism.

DAVID MCCRONE is Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director of the Institute of Governance at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He coordinated the research programme on Constitutional Change and National Identity funded by The Leverhulme Trust (1999-2005).

Table of Contents

National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change; F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone Identity Matters: On the Importance of Scottish Identity for Scottish Society; S.Reicher, N.Hopkins & K.Harrison England Awakes? Trends in National Identity in England; J.Curtice & A.Heath Being Scottish; F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone Political Attitudes and National Identities in Scotland and England; R.Bond Drifting Apart? Media in Scotland and England after Devolution; M.Rosie & P.Petersoo Small Fortunes: Nationalism, Capitalism and Change Identities; J.Hearn Universities and Nations in Britain in the Twentieth Century; L.Paterson Conclusion: The Politics of Identity; F.Bechhofer & D.McCrone