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Liberal Ethnic Nationalism, Universality, and Cornish Identity
Author(s) -
Willett Joanie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12024
Subject(s) - ethnic group , nationalism , sociology , identity (music) , gender studies , politics , universality (dynamical systems) , ethnic nationalism , identity politics , political science , law , anthropology , aesthetics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Within the liberal paradigm, ethnic nationalism and identity are often conceptualized as ‘exclusive’, lacking the capacity for universal membership ( I pperciel 2007; K ohn 1946; K ymlicka 1995), and is juxtaposed against ‘inclusive’, civic forms of identity. This article problematizes this claim, asking whether civic territorial identities also contain their own forms of exclusion. Using the N ew R egionalism and the identity politics of contemporary economic development, this article explores civic/ethnic identities in C ornwall in the context of A gnew's (2005) observations about contemporary liberal values. The article finds that, in C ornwall, civic forms of territorial identity that distance themselves from ethnic C ornishness are more exclusive than contemporary ethnic nationalism in the region, introducing economic rather than ethnic exclusions. This raises questions about why ethnic identity can be negatively characterized in regional development discourses and what the effects of this might be.