Nation, Class and Resentment

Explores nation, class and identity within the context of a declining and increasingly devolved Britain
Examines new and recent expressions of English and British identity

Looks at identities from a wider and comparative view of Britain and Britishness, making purposeful comparisons between England, Scotland and Wales

Explores nation, class and identity within the context of a declining and increasingly devolved Britain Examines new and recent expressions of English and British identity Looks at identities from a wider and comparative view of Britain and Britishness, making purposeful comparisons between England, Scotland and Wales

Autorentext

Robin Mann is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Bangor University, UK and a member of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD). His research interests are national identity, nationalism, class and civil society and he has published widely in international journals on these topics. His current research is focused on understanding change in civic participation in Wales as part of the ESRC/WISERD Civil Society Research Centre.

Steve Fenton is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK. He is a member of Bristol's Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. He has researched and published widely in the fields of ethnicity, health, employment, education, and more recently and national identity and nationalism.

Zusammenfassung
The book argues that these changes give rise to a set of resentments among people who perceive themselves to be losing out, concluding that class resentments, depending on historical and political factors relevant to each nation, can take the form of either sub-state nationalism or right wing populism.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Nation and Class in Twenty First Century Britain.- 2. Resentment, Classes and National sentiments.- 3. Class and Majority English Identities.- 4. The Politics of English Identity and Nationalism.- 5. The Nationalist Alternative: Nation and Class in Scotland.- 6. Wales, Nationalism and the Politics of Resentment.- 7. Conclusion.