TY  - BOOK
AU  - Theiss-Morse,Elizabeth
TI  - Who counts as an American?: the boundaries of national identity 
SN  - 9780511744518
AV  - E169.1 .T465 2009eb
U1  - 305.800973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Loyalty
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Nationalisme
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Identité collective
KW  - Loyauté
KW  - Psychologie sociale
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - Minority Studies
KW  - fast
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Nationalbewusstsein
KW  - gnd
KW  - nli
KW  - 1980-2020
KW  - USA
KW  - 1980-
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index; The need for a social theory of national identity -- Commitment to the national group -- The setting of national group boundaries -- The desire to help the national group -- Loyalty in the face of criticism -- Is national identity good or bad?; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2021
N2  - "Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And is the force positive or negative? In this book, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse develops a social theory of national identity and uses a national survey, focus groups, and experiments to answer these important questions in the American context. Her results show that the combination of group commitment and the setting of exclusive boundaries on the national group affects how people behave toward their fellow Americans. Strong identifiers care a great deal about their national group. They want to help and be loyal to their fellow Americans. By limiting who counts as an American, though, these strong identifiers place serious limits on who benefits from their pro-group behavior. Help and loyalty are offered only to "true Americans," not Americans who do not count and who are pushed to the periphery of the national group."--Jacket
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