{"title":"Alevis in modern Turkey and the diaspora: recognition, mobilization and transformation <b>Alevis in modern Turkey and the diaspora: recognition, mobilization and transformation</b> , by Derya Özkul and Hege Markussen, Edinburgh: Edinburg University Press, 2022, 344 pp., Hardback: 9781474492027 / Ebook (ePub): 9781474492041/ Ebook (PDF): 9781474492058, £90.00","authors":"Deniz Cosan Eke","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2269793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2269793","url":null,"abstract":"\"Alevis in modern Turkey and the diaspora: recognition, mobilization and transformation.\" National Identities, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135341598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making or unmaking the nation? A reflection of president Moi’s regime","authors":"Fred Nasubo","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2277243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2277243","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis study explores Kenya’s second President, Daniel Arap Moi’s attempts to establish a sense of a shared national identity. Content analysis of books written about him, his speeches, and newspaper articles reveals how Moi used Nyayo philosophy, national holidays, the Father of the Nation narrative, currency notes and coins, and monuments to foster a Kenyan national identity. Despite efforts to forge a common national identity, the government frequently operated in a way that was at odds with what Moi said in his speeches. Whereas President Moi advocated for peace, love, and unity, his administration was largely characterised by clientelism, patronism, social and regional inequalities, and interethnic violence, among other social, economic and political evils. Because of the disconnect between what Moi claimed and what his administration actually did, his attempts to foster nationhood could alternatively be seen as a way for him to control the state, consolidate power, and legitimize his leadership. Therefore, during Moi’s rule, national identity building lacked a strong collective consciousness, which would have enabled Kenyans to institutionalise a sense of belonging and attachment to the nation.KEYWORDS: Countrycivic identityethnic identitynational identitynation Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementAll data used in this work has been referenced accordingly.Additional informationNotes on contributorsFred NasuboDr. Fred Nasubo researches, writes and teaches with a particular interest in identity politics, citizenship, nation branding and governance. He is a lecturer at Taita Taveta University and Research Fellow at the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Nasubo holds a PhD in Governance and Regional Integration from Pan African University, Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences-Yaoundé Cameroon, and a Masters of Arts in History, and BA in History & Economics from Egerton University-Kenya.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135726214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘It’s in my blood, in my food and in my soul’: current understandings of Puerto Ricanness within the Puerto Rican nation","authors":"Jorge E. Ramos","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2270448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2270448","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAlthough the United Nations no longer classifies Puerto Rico as a colony, Puerto Rico poses theoretical and empirical challenges to inquiries about national identity within (post-)colonial situations. Gazing through a sociohistorical lens, the present study explores how beliefs about legitimate membership criteria relate to self-identified Puerto Ricans’ understanding of their and in-group others’ national identity. By contextualizing current perceptions of national identity as linked to an emergent Puerto Rican nationalism throughout the nineteenth- and twentieth-century, this paper relates individual-level conceptions of membership criteria to institutional and discursive interventions, thereby contributing to studies of national identity in colonially (un)settled times.KEYWORDS: Beliefsculturemembership criterianational identityPuerto Rico Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, J. E. R., upon reasonable request.Notes1 This study was granted an exemption by the author’s IRB-granting institution; review type: non-committee.2 The ‘hybrid’ racial category trigueño is widely and commonly used on the island to indicate that someone’s skin color is not as dark as ‘black’ or not a light as ‘white’; the category ‘people of color’ or de color can, depending on the social context, be understood as a euphemism to categorize people as Black in Puerto Rico. However, the fact that all nine participants who identified using this category were residing in the U.S. might suggest an adherence to ‘people of color’ as a way to index ‘non-white’. For a fuller discussion of these terms in Puerto Rico see Godreau (Citation2008).Additional informationNotes on contributorsJorge E. RamosJorge E. Ramos is a Ph.D. student in Spanish Linguistics at Georgetown University. His research interests include language attitudes and beliefs, (national) identity and social perception.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135863026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What has nation building got to do with immigration?","authors":"William Hatungimana","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2267477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2267477","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe perception of immigrants varies across countries. In Botswana, xenophobia is rarely violent and manifests in stereotypes the host population has about immigrants. In South Africa, anti-immigrant violence has claimed many lives. However, South Africa's nation-building process has facilitated the co-existence of people from different backgrounds and races under an inclusive national identity. In contrast, Botswana's nation-building process assimilated different ethnic groups under the BatswanaFootnote1 identity, hence fostering an ethno-national identity, which is exclusivist. This study draws N=2,390 and N=1,200 South African and Batswana respondents from Afrobarometer, respectively, and finds that Batswana who identify with national identity are likely to have negative attitudes towards immigrants. Conversely, South Africans identifying with national identity are likely to have positive attitudes toward immigrants. Still, South Africans who endorse ethnic identity are likely to have negative attitudes towards immigrants. This study has larger implications for policies promoting pluralistic national identity. Curricula inculcating pluralism can be introduced in citizenship-building programs..KEYWORDS: Immigrantsnation buildingnational identitySouth AfricaBotswana Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Batswana (Tswana) is a plural of Motswana, which is how citizens of Botswana identify themselves. In terms of ethnic identity, there are Batswana (Tswana) and non-Batswana ethnic group who belong to other ethnic groups in Botswana.2 Coloureds are the mixed-raced population of South Africa. This is one of the race categories in South Africa. This should not be confused with the racially charged pejorative term ‘colored’ in the context of the United States.3 SA stands for South Africa.4 BW is Botswana’s country code.Additional informationNotes on contributorsWilliam HatungimanaWilliam Hatungimana is a visiting assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on Immigration and African Politics.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135316368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The monumental nation. Magyar nationalism and symbolic politics in fin-de-siècle Hungary","authors":"Melinda Harlov-Csortán","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2249711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2249711","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45110935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exclusion, inclusion, and the multiple identities of a national minority: Israeli soccer players in the national team","authors":"G. Hitman, Amichai Alperovich","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2248906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2248906","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study focuses on the complexity of the national representation of Arab players on the Israeli national soccer team. For 90 min, the players are part of society and their presence resembles the inclusion of Arabs in Israel. However, when the match ends, they are again part of the deprived Arab minority and excluded from Israeli society. The study is based on theoretical academic materials, interviews with six prominent Arab soccer players who played in the national team from 1976 until the present day, and selected press interviews with several other Arab internationals. The research findings show that the players define themselves as Arabs who, first and foremost, represent themselves and their families and communities. They ignore racist calls based on ethnic, national, or religious differences. Ultimately, all of them have a hybrid identity and see soccer as a way of life and an opportunity to promote their career and make their families and communities proud due to being part of the national soccer squad. These findings thus adhere to the theoretical framework of instrumental inclusion that this paper offers.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47630774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opening ceremonies and national identity: Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020","authors":"Daniel Lemus-Delgado","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2242792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2242792","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The opening ceremonies of sports mega-events are privileged for transmitting discourse about the past and constructing a national identity. Although it is difficult to determine how vital opening ceremonies are in the long term or how much they are ever remembered beyond the media coverage, these ceremonies project national images of the countries that organize them by reinforcing identities. Based on the theoretical assumptions of constructivism, this article contrasts the Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020 opening ceremonies, discussing how the creation of these narratives reflects the aspirations to build national identities linked with an idealized past. Also, this article analyses how these events illustrate how China and Japan present their identity in an international scenario. Finally, the conclusions emphasize the importance of opening ceremonies beyond the limited sports context and their profound political implications.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44577646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘When we were here, there were no documents’: the national question at a Kolkata football Derby","authors":"Priyansh","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2222659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2222659","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper will study a recent protest in Indian football against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a law championed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party that threatens to render millions of Indian citizens stateless. Recent scholarship on supporter activism in football tends to focus on the local conditions that drive fan-led actions. Yet, as witnessed at the Kolkata demonstration against the amendment in early 2020, the horizon of politics as imagined by fans remains much wider in its scope. Through this study, we can discern a mode of political articulation by football supporters that combines the local and the national.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45964246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Failure to build Yugoslav and European identity: comparison between the 1950s Yugo Prophecy and 1980s Euro Prophecy","authors":"Stevo Đurašković, N. Petrović","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2226075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2226075","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article discusses the main obstacles encountered in the course of the earliest stages of supranational identity – building that took place in Socialist Yugoslavia in the 1950s, and in the European Community in the 1980s. Due to World War II legacy, both supranational identities were predominantly built on a promise of peace and prosperity that exclusively related the emotional attachment of citizens to the economic and political success of the supranational polities. Since both polities originally brought fulfillment of (single) national goals to their constituencies, any cultural component of supranational identities could be successfully challenged by the narratives on hegemony of supranational center over national constituencies.","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48480703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regionalism and modern Europe. Identity construction and movements from 1890 to the present day","authors":"Michael Hawkins","doi":"10.1080/14608944.2023.2222362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14608944.2023.2222362","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45917,"journal":{"name":"NATIONAL IDENTITIES","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46040326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}