P W Preston is Reader in Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. His recent publications include Political/Cultural Identity (1997) and Pacific Asia in the Global System (1998).
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An Introduction to the Problem The Received Notions of Identity An Ethnographic/Biographical Approach to Identity The Idea of Political-Cultural Identity Global Changes and New Political-Cultural Identities Changing Political-Cultural Identities in Europe Changing Political-Cultural Identities in the USA Changing Political-Cultural Identities in Pacific Asia Locale, Network and Memory
`A tighly argued examination of the role of identities in contemporary global politics... the book confirms the growing importance of identity issues in IR' - International Affairs `Political/Cultural Identity is impressive in both its scope and its range. It provides not only an innovative contribution to our understanding of collective identities, but also an authoritative survey of contemporary global change' - Kevin Robins, University of Newcastle