Based on fine-grained ethnographic research in an English city, this book offers a highly original perspective on England’s contemporary political predicament. It argues that some of the most influential academic accounts of the country's current political situation, particularly those focusing on culture or racism, have neglected the key role of nationalism as an often unspoken, banal political principle and framing ideology. Suggesting that economic inequalities remain the key causal ingredient of English political life and, crucially, that these are being interpreted by individuals in relation to a nationalist/cosmopolitan ideological axis, the author argues that any effective, progressive political future will require a reinvigorated sense of political community. Proposing a politics that will promote both nationhood and cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament advocates a seemingly contradictory but necessary approach by which explicitly anti-nationalist and anti-racist principles coexist expediently alongside short-term protectionist and immigration control policies.
| ISBN: | 9780367670917 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2021 |
| Author: | Charles University of Portsmouth, UK LeddyOwen |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 178 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Sociology Nationalism Political science and theory |
Based on fine-grained ethnographic research in an English city, this book offers a highly original perspective on England’s contemporary political predicament. It argues that some of the most influential academic accounts of the country's current political situation, particularly those focusing on culture or racism, have neglected the key role of nationalism as an often unspoken, banal political principle and framing ideology. Suggesting that economic inequalities remain the key causal ingredient of English political life and, crucially, that these are being interpreted by individuals in relation to a nationalist/cosmopolitan ideological axis, the author argues that any effective, progressive political future will require a reinvigorated sense of political community. Proposing a politics that will promote both nationhood and cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament advocates a seemingly contradictory but necessary approach by which explicitly anti-nationalist and anti-racist principles coexist expediently alongside short-term protectionist and immigration control policies.
Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament features in the following genres: Sociology, Nationalism, Political science and theory
Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament is available in Paperback, Hardback
Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament was written by Charles University of Portsmouth, UK LeddyOwen and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nationalism, Inequality and England’s Political Predicament has 178 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
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