Manipulating national identity: The strategic use of rhetoric by supporters and opponents of the 'Cronulla riots' in Australia

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2174-2194

  Bliuc, Ana Maria ^a   McGarty, Craig ^b   Hartley, Lisa ^b   Muntele Hendres, Daniela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Inter group conflict; national identity; opinion based groups; riots; social identity

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNICITY; ISLAMISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOBIOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869190769     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.600768     Document Type: Article

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