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Glass, Bryan. "English Identity in the Wake of Devolution" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel, Mar 17, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p89038_index.html>

Glass, B. , 2005-03-17 "English Identity in the Wake of Devolution" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p89038_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: The idea of a distinctive English identity, as opposed to Britishness, is especially salient following the referenda-induced implementation of devolution in both Scotland and Wales. My paper discusses the theoretical foundations behind the ideas of the nation, in relation to the state, national identity and nationalism in regards to the often neglected English case. With the English example, the nation and its corresponding national identity are revealed to fit into the category of perennialism rather than modernism when an attempt is made to discover the temporal origins of the concept. These concepts, used to discover the chronological origins of the modern nation, were developed by academics writing on the general subject of nationalism and are analyzed from selected literature written by Benedict Anderson, John Breuilly, Ernest Gellner, Adrian Hastings, Eric Hobsbawm and Anthony D. Smith, to name just a few. Moreover, the differences between national and patriotic identities, previously conflated by numerous journalists and scholars, are evaluated. The paper will demonstrate that the threat of the (re)emergence of English national and/or regional identities, in the wake of devolution to Scotland and Wales, led the United Kingdom Government to overhaul the administrative structure of the state.

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