Globalization and National Identities: Crisis or Opportunity? - Paperback

by P. Kennedy (Editor), C. Danks (Editor)

Drawing on original research from social scientists working on twelve countries this book explores the key issues faced by nations and citizens as they struggle to rediscover, reaffirm or reconstruct their sense of national identities in the face of globalizing forces. Some nations and peoples experience the fragmentation of once certain identities as threatening and likely to generate political and social breakdown. Others encounter globalization as a challenge which brings uncertainties but also opportunities for adaptation, the evolution of hybrid identities or new forms of protest.

Author Biography

IOANNIS ARMAKOLIS Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge WILLIAM BERTHONIERE Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem JOHN BOOKS Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas G. HONOR FAGAN Lecturer in Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth PARTICIA HOGWOOD Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow ASAWIN NEDPOGOE Centre for Communications and Information Studies, University of Westminster DARREN J.O'BYRNE Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Surrey Roehampton, Southlands College JULIE SCOTT Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Liverpool Hope University College GLEN SEGELL Director, Institute of Security Policy in London