Why do nations matter? The search for belonging and security in an uncertain world

Skey, Michael (2013) Why do nations matter? The search for belonging and security in an uncertain world. The British Journal of Sociology, 64 (1). pp. 81-98. ISSN 1468-4446

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Abstract

This paper explores the reasons why national forms of identification and organization (might) matter in the contemporary era. In contrast to the majority of macro-sociological work dealing with this topic, I develop an analytical framework that draws together recent research on everyday nationalism with micro-sociological and psychological studies pointing to the importance of routine practices, institutional arrangements and symbolic systems in contributing to a relatively settled sense of identity, place and community. The second part of the paper focuses on the hierarchies of belonging that operate within a given national setting. Of particular interest is the largely taken-for-granted status of the ethnic majority and the degree to which it underpins claims to belonging and entitlement that are used to secure key allocative and authoritative resources.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Political, Social and International Studies (former - to 2014)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Media@uea (former - to 2017) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media
Depositing User:	Michael Skey
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2013 18:46
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2023 08:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42407
DOI:	10.1111/1468-4446.12007

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