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The concepts of ‘class trajectory’ and ‘secondary properties of classes’, drawn from Bourdieu, are deployed in an attempt to explain orientations to nation. Interview material forms the basis of two characterisations of these orientations: the resentful nationalist and the liberal cosmopolitan. These two orientations are seen as being associated with declining and rising class situations.

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Class nation English national identity ethnic majority class trajectory welfare and citizenship

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Resentment,class and social sentiments about the nation: The ethnic majority in England

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