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“Patriotism” involves a sense of belonging to and efficacy in a particular country. Civil, political, social, and cultural rights and responsibilities are part of belonging, of being recognized as a legal member of society and deserving beneficiary of its various resources. But how is this belonging to be demonstrated? Loyalty to a set of constitutional principles has been one measure of belonging and of patriotism – civic nationalism. Another, long recessive in liberal societies has been ethno-cultural belonging. The tensions between the two have long marked American and German immigration, integration, and social welfare policies. Those tensions are examined here.
An extended version of this essay appeared in ICON: The International Journal of Constitutional Law 6 (2008), pp. 137–153.
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Abraham, D. (2020). Citizenship and Belonging: Thin and Thick. In: Sardoc, M. (eds) Handbook of Patriotism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30534-9_58-1
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