'A sense of where you belong in the world': National belonging, ontological security and the status of the ethnic majority in England

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 715-733

  Skey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banal nationalism; England; English; Ethnic majority; National identity; Ontological security

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; GLOBALIZATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; SECURITY; SYMBOLISM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79953739914     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2009.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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