The rhetorical construction of polity membership: Identity, culture and citizenship in young people's discussions of immigration in northern England

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-242

  Gibson, Stephen ^a   Hamilton, Lorna ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Culture; Discourse; Diversity; Multiculturalism; National identity; Prejudice; Racism; Rhetorical psychology; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955147800     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1087     Document Type: Article

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