Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership

Rogers M. Smith

Cambridge University Press, 2003 - Political culture - 236 pages

How is a sense of belonging to a political community created? Rogers Smith emphasises the importance of 'stories of peoplehood', which present membership as intrinsic to our identity. Combining theory with examples from around the world, this is an original and provocative account of how nations are bound together.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Stories of Peoplehood: The Politics and Morals of Political Membership; Contemporary political theory
• Author: Rogers M. Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0511073151, 9780511073151
• Length: 236 pages