Why is national identity such a potent force in people's lives? And
is the force positive or negative? In this thoughtful and
provocative 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 to 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.
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