Multicultural Nationalism: Islamaphobia, Anglophobia, and Devolution

Front Cover......Page 1
Copywright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Focus Groups......Page 11
1. Multicultural Nationalism......Page 14
1.1 Nationalism—Ethnic, Civic, Multicultural......Page 16
1.2 Identity—‘Being’, ‘Choosing’, ‘Using’......Page 24
1.3 Two Minorities......Page 31
1.4 The Setting—A Peculiar Nationalism, a Peculiar Multiculturalism, a Peculiar Time......Page 40
1.5 Plan of the Book......Page 48
2. What Is Best and Worst about Scotland......Page 52
2.1 What Is Best and Worst about Britain......Page 53
2.2 What Is Best and Worst about Scotland......Page 55
2.3 Scotland in Comparison......Page 57
2.4 Crossing the Border......Page 58
2.5 Conclusion: The Wrong Stereotypes......Page 61
3. Islamophobia—In England and Scotland......Page 62
3.1 The ‘Death of Multiculturalism’ and the Growth of Islamophobia......Page 63
3.2 Measuring Street-Level Islamophobia......Page 66
3.3 Social Foundations of Islamophobia......Page 70
3.4 Cultural and Political Foundations of Islamophobia......Page 72
3.5 A Multivariate Comparison of Islamophobia in Scotland and England......Page 75
3.6 Conclusion: Islamophobia and Sub-State Nationalisms......Page 77
4. The Auld Enemy......Page 79
4.1 Scottish Phobias: The Displacement Thesis......Page 80
4.2 Measuring Five Scottish Phobias......Page 86
4.3 The Social Foundations of Scottish Phobias......Page 89
4.4 The Cultural and Political Foundations of Scottish Phobias......Page 91
4.5 A Multivariate Comparison of Anglophobia and Islamophobia in Scotland......Page 93
4.6 How Scottish Phobias Stack Up......Page 94
4.7 Conclusion: Less Phobias or Different Phobias?......Page 95
5. Eyes Wide Open......Page 97
5.1 How Minorities Attribute Prejudice......Page 98
5.2 Accuracy, Inaccuracy, and Denial......Page 101
5.3 Background or Experience: The Foundations of Phobia-Perceptions......Page 104
5.4 Conclusion: Phobias Come from within, Phobia-Perceptions from Outside......Page 110
6.1 Claiming Rights, Accepting Duties......Page 112
6.2 Perceptions of Discrimination......Page 115
6.3 Experience......Page 121
6.4 Coping......Page 124
6.5 Explaining Conflict Perceptions......Page 127
6.6 Conclusion: More Integration, More Harassment?......Page 132
7.1 History: Inherited or Manufactured......Page 134
7.2 Culture: Whose Culture?......Page 137
7.3 Symbols: Flag, Venue, Presence......Page 148
7.4 Cultural Divisions......Page 155
7.5 Conclusion: Adapting to Scotland or Adapting Scotland......Page 156
8. Identity and Identifying......Page 159
8.1 Multiple Identities: Nested, Hyphenated, Flexible, and Instrumental......Page 160
8.2 The Limits of Flexibility: Primary and Secondary Identities......Page 167
8.3 Influences on Identity......Page 172
8.4 Political Consequences of Identity......Page 174
8.5 Conclusions: Bridges and Walls......Page 181
9.1 The Parliament: Performance and Style......Page 183
9.2 The Parliament: Both Inclusive and Exclusive......Page 187
9.3 The Street-Level Consequences of Devolution......Page 196
9.4 The Street-Level Impact of Concurrent Events......Page 202
9.5 A Future in Scotland......Page 209
9.6 Conclusion: Multicultural Nationalism within a Multinational State......Page 210
References......Page 214
Index......Page 224