Britishness, “Ulsterness” and Unionist Identity in Northern Ireland
Britishness, “Ulsterness” and Unionist Identity in Northern Ireland
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北爱尔兰的英国性、“阿尔斯特性”和统一主义身份
DOI：
10.1080/13537110601155783
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
N. Southern
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作者：
N. Southern
民族认同问题是北爱尔兰社区间争端和敌对行动的一个基本方面。麻烦不能与工会主义者和民族主义者不同的国家主张割裂开来。但一些评论员对工会主义者声称的英国身份表示怀疑，他们的工作对这种说法的实质和真实性提出了尖锐的问题。本文通过探索联合主义社区主要成员的民族自我理解来探讨这一主题。这项研究的发现表明，这些人的英国性是有情感深度的。委员会建议应认真对待他们的国籍意识，而不是将其视为实用主义的产物或降低到肤浅的程度。
The issue of national identity is a fundamental aspect of inter-community disputes and hostilities in Northern Ireland. The Troubles cannot be severed from the different national claims of unionists and nationalists. But the British identity claimed by unionists has been doubted by some commentators whose work has raised searching questions with regard to the substance and genuineness of the claim. This article approaches the subject by exploring the national self-understandings of key members of the unionist community. The findings of this research suggest that there is emotional depth to the Britishness of these individuals. It recommends that their sense of nationality needs to be taken seriously rather than dismissed as a product of pragmatism or reduced to the level of superficiality.