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How do nations continue to be made on a daily basis? In this important contribution to nationalism studies, Dave Poitras explores how nationhood and the idea of living in a world of nations are experienced in the cities of Montreal and Brussels. Drawing on ethnographic research, he identifies three typical ways of enacting nationhood in workplaces, thereby capturing the various dynamics through which non-political actors "do nationhood". In particular, Dave Poitras examines the distinct mechanisms whereby nations are made and demonstrates how individuals' everyday activities legitimize Montreal's and Brussels's unique social constellation within their respective federal state.
Price: $40.00
Pages: 234
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
17 September 2019
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837645620
Format: Paperback
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Dave Poitras (Dr. phil.), born in 1985, obtained his PhD in sociology within the International Research Training Group "Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Spaces" at the University of Trier, Germany. His research project included several stays abroad at the collaborating Université de Montréal as well as in Brussels for fieldwork activities. His research interests are nationalism, everyday life, migration as well as diversity.
Frontmatter 1
Content 5
Preface 9
Chapter 1. Building Nations as a Profession: The Work Task Dynamic Operating upon Nationhood 37
Chapter 2. Elaborating National Constructs as Strategies: The Work Task Dynamic Operating with Nationhood 81
Chapter 3. The Power of States and Routines: The Work Task Dynamic Operated by Nationhood 125
Chapter 4. Doing Nationhood and Making Nations: The Everyday Significance of Living in a World of Nations 169
Chapter 5. Lived Nationhood in Montreal and Brussels: A Model Particular to Bi-Ethnonational Milieus 199
Conclusion 215
Bibliography 221