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portada Who Counts as an American? Paperback: A Social View (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Year
2009
Language
Inglés
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.6 x 15.0 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.34 kg.
ISBN
0521756952
ISBN13
9780521756952
Edition No.
1

Who Counts as an American? Paperback: A Social View (in English)

Elizabeth Theiss-Morse (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

Who Counts as an American? Paperback: A Social View (in English) - Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth

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Synopsis "Who Counts as an American? Paperback: A Social View (in English)"

Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and provocative 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 to 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.

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