Defining 'US' and rejecting 'them' : national definitions and identification-prejudice relationship
Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The thesis examines the relationship between national identification and prejudice, particularly towards immigrants. It argues that this relationship can be better understood by considering particular meanings and definitions of national groups, and that these definitions vary within and between national contexts. In particular, it argues that an ethnic definition of the national group, which is a particular case of essentialism, plays an important role in shaping the extent to which national identification and prejudice are elated to one another.
Author: Pehrson, Samuel David
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7036943813