Abstract: The extensive Yugoslav economic migration and presence of Yugoslav ethnic minorities in Western Europe, as well as the interaction of this migration with the Yugoslav crisis of the 1980s, remain under-researched. This article sets out to offer a modest contribution on this neglected topic. It argues that short-distance transnational communities and short-term migration were already at the centre of grievances articulated on ethno-nationalist grounds in the early 1980s. It links these grievances to the different impact of the two oil shocks and the process of European integration on each Yugoslav republic, differences which contributed to the crisis of federal unity.

Abstract: This article analyses the processes of nationalisation in Catalonia and the Basque Country in the period 1980–2015. It focuses on the competing narratives that Spanish, Catalan and Basque nationalists disseminated and the different ‘spheres of nationalisation’ through which individuals acquired their identities. The study combines the historical analysis of national narratives with survey data to examine the production and reproduction of identities. The research shows the limits of both state-led and sub-state-led nationalisations and underscores the importance of changing historical contexts in determining the social impact of national narratives.

Abstract: This article aims to analyse the impact of the two terrorist attacks that occurred in France in 2015 on the construction of French national identity. Drawing on critical discourse analysis, it disc...

Abstract: This article highlights the gap between the quantitative importance gained by nations and nationalism studies in the literature and the relative lack of empirical research within it, and illustrate...

Abstract: There is a growing interest in the Scottish diaspora, with the Scottish Government keen to develop links with Scots elsewhere. The closest diaspora is in England but appears relatively weak, with S...

Abstract: Nations are viewed as metaphorical families having common ancestors. Czechs, for example, share the legend about a forefather Cech who brought his people into Czechia. Analysing the Czech ISSP 2013 data we examine how the importance of having Czech descent depends on Christian denomination, openness towards immigration, perceived commonality with ‘significant Others’, foreign-born parents, and socio-demographics. Results of the analysis suggest that Czech ancestry is less important part of national identity among younger cohorts, people living in big cities and towns, descendants of foreign-born parents, and people who are in favour of immigration from poor countries outside the EU.

Abstract: After the 2008 global crisis, Italy has experienced a relevant resumption of emigration Tens of thousands of young Italians have chosen London as their favourite destination, giving rise to a new

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the normative function of historic narratives using the example of South Korean perceptions of twentieth-century history. The exploration of how relations between South Korea and Japan are perceived is based on 32 semi-structured interviews with academics, representatives of non-government organizations, and government officials in South Korea. The paper posits that the normative function of historical narratives is based on four mechanisms: (1) recognition: identifying problems in society that are associated with the aggressive and vicious actions of an outgroup in the past; (2) assessment: framing these problems as injustices; (3) connotation: establishing a specific meaning of national identity that promotes motivations for actions and agency (with specific duties and obligations); and (4) prescription: defining explicit strategies and tactics for action. An analysis of these mechanisms, which comprise the structure of historical narratives, reveals that ...

Abstract: This paper examines migration and identity in contemporary Scotland and engages with ongoing debates about the relationship between nationalism and cosmopolitanism. The paper employs Arendt’s maxim of the ‘right to have rights’ to suggest that while identity would not be the sole or specific focus of policy, more well-developed social policy attuned to the complexities of identity formation would facilitate multicultural and multi-ethnic social identification.

Abstract: The aim of this article is to enrich the concept of national identity by employing the concept of habitus proposed by Pierre Bourdieu to establish a dialog between aspects of identity construction ...

Abstract: This article supplements the limited research on the monarchy by highlighting the symbolic and cultural value of Norway’s Royal House in nation-building To maintain his unifying and non-pa

Abstract: The reason Europe has difficulties accepting large-scale immigration and ethnic diversity should be sought in the basic structure of European nationalism and is not a phenomenon easily deal...

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the way religious and ethno-national identities are conflated, and how such orientations are related to national exceptionalism and xenophobia. Using data fr...

Abstract: This article analyzes how the dominant narrative of Armenian national identity shapes perceptions of Armenian culture and offers examples of Ottoman Armenian craft art to bring to light an under ac...

Abstract: In the 1950s, Aotearoa New Zealand very much identified itself as a British country and an integral part of a wider British World, which had the UK at its heart. However, by the 1970s, this British World had come to an end, as had Aotearoa New Zealand’s self-identification as a British nation. During this period, citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand was redefined in a significant way from being an ethnic (British) based one to a more civic founded one – which was more inclusive of other ethnic groups and apparently Māori. This article will argue that this redefinition of citizenship took place primarily in the context of this major shift in national identity. After having established the context of the end of the British World in Aotearoa New Zealand (with a focus on the UK’s application for entry into the European Economic Community (EEC) and the British military withdrawal from ‘East of Suez’), it will explore the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act of 1959 and the Citizenship and...

Abstract: Diversity is at the core of any definition of Canada. But can different types of relationships among national symbols co-exist within the same national unit? And do these various symbolic assemblag...

Abstract: Arthur (1996, p. 1) suggests that literature on solutions to the Northern Irish “problem” could “span the entire circumference of the world” creating a situation that others label as further problematisation (Campbell, 1998; Vaughan-Williams, 2006). Despite such a range of literature, including the 1998 Belfast Agreement, Vaughan-Williams (ibid, p. 513) argues that “we are still unable to define the precise problem or how it might be solved.” When looking in from the outside, this appears to be “a particularly local problem” (Darby, 1990, p. 196), portrayed throughout much of the analysis as conflict between two diametrically opposed communities in a scenario where a “third space” (Rapp & Rhomberg, 2012, p. 470) has proven elusive. Even though recent research appeared to indicate a “society in transition” (ibid), the Northern Ireland Assembly election of March 2017 has seen Irish nationalism biting back to an effective 44% of the vote, having fallen to “a meagre 36%” in the previous election (Donnelly, 2017). With the mainstream Unionist parties attaining similar levels of support, this has served to reinforce a tradition of voting patterns existing almost since the very creation of the state, which Hughes (2013) labels as “headcountery.” Nagle (2012, p. 3) connects this to the fact that “religious ascription has typically been seen as coterminous with national identity” and Catholics see themselves as Irish rather than British. Much of the literature, aside from “problematisation” of the situation (Campbell, 1998; Vaughan-Williams, 2006) is also located in a school of “liberal thought” (ibid, p. 513) that rarely gives credence to Irish nationalist voices and aspirations. On account of such a gap in the literature, this small- scale research study has sought to access the voices of ordinary people within the nationalist community by means of a Mixed Methods survey. The goal was not to prioritise these voices over those of unionists or to reinforce a binary sense of identity that is part of the problem, but to find out what changes have occurred in terms of perspectives, aspirations, and sense of identity. The long term is to use the diverse findings of this study to facilitate a similar investigation into unionist perspectives in hope of finding common ground.

Abstract: trators and German victims of expulsion in 1945 will stand very close together in the German capital city. In a further chapter, Wendy Ugolini and Gavin Schaffer argue that the narratives of Jewish refugees detained in British internment camps have been nearly forgotten because they thwart the picture of Britain’s role in the war. Tony Kushner also goes to court with the British memory of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and the Holocaust. His verdict is pessimistic, insofar as he concludes that, ‘So far, as we have seen with Belsen and the evolution of British collective memory since April 1945, history has been the loser’ (p. 244). The conceptual frameworkwithwhich Geoff Eley introduces the book is taken up too rarely in the following chapters. Also, the topical foci of the sections are repeatedly breached in single chapters, as shown by Bloxham’s contribution. In addition, the contribution of Tony Chafer and Martin Evans about French colonialism is somewhat anomalous, because there is no corresponding approach to British colonies in the volume. It should also be noted critically that, although Germany is one of the central objects of analysis, the experiences of the smaller former eastern Länder are not sufficiently addressed. The fact that the Soviet zone of occupation was effectively a post-fascist society, to be followed by the post-fascist German Democratic Republic, are issues which few scholars have addressed systematically. When authors write about the ‘workers revolt’ (p. 106) to name what was in fact a popular uprising on 17 June 1953, for example, it is clear that they are not entirely aware of recent research about this topic. Despite this criticism, and even though this book fails to address other closely related themes and geographic areas, it is worth reading this volume, whose synoptic approach offers new insights into the (trans-)national postwar histories of the Second World War.

Abstract: In Imagined Communities Anderson ([2006]. (Revised ed.). London: Verso) discusses the novel as a cultural form which contains ‘a sociological landscape of a fixity that fuses the world inside the n...

Abstract: This article aims to determine the mechanism of heritage-making in a borderland in the European periphery. It aims to reveal a bond between heritage making and the politics of identity. The...

Abstract: This book addresses ‘the use of national signifiers to sell products or services, and the selling of the national story for purposes such as tourism’ (p. 3). It aims to ‘demystify’ the various ways...

Abstract: The speed at which debates about the traumas and post-histories of the Second World War evolve is exemplified by the issues raised in Monica Riera and Gavin Schaffer’s The Lasting War, published te...

Abstract: Over the last two decades, following the forced migrations which accompanied bloody civil wars occurring in some postcommunist countries in the 1990s, comparative research into expulsions and force...

Abstract: This article appraises constructions of inclusiveness in social assistance programmes in the Malaysian socioeconomic agenda of the 10th Malaysia Plan, 2011–2015 (10MP). Setting as context the needs-based aspirational inclusiveness articulated in documents preceding the 10MP, this study adopts a discursive approach to probe the realisations of such inclusiveness in the 10MP. The analysis reveals essentialised ethnic constructions of different communities and their needs, as well as differing degrees of commitment in initiatives proposed, thereby indicating the slippage in discourse between the aspirations of inclusiveness and their realisations in actual initiatives in the 10MP. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Abstract: In Latin America, World War I was mainly perceived as a media event. The propaganda of the belligerents highly contributed to this massive medial outlet. Foreign propaganda did not only publicly de...

Abstract: The study explored the strength of national identification and intergroup attitudes of Chinese youth (n = 591, aged 12–15) toward the Chinese, the Americans, the Japanese, and the South Koreans. The participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire and write down reasons why they ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ the four groups. The results showed a consistency in in-group favoritism. Gender and age were both related to Chinese youths’ national identifications and their national intergroup attitudes. Confucian ethics, media influence and historical complex were identified as main factors that may contribute to their attitudes toward the four groups.

Abstract: It is rare to see an analysis of international relations which focuses on the role of emotion. As its title suggested, emotion could play a role in an arena in which actions are considered to be ra...