Monetary Organization and National Identity: A Review and Considerations

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    Abstract

    This article develops a detailed overview of literature on the relationship between monetary organization, understood as currencies and central banks, and issues of national identity and nationalism. It demonstrates how the literature on this subject for the past 20 years has developed into a distinct research field and the article sketches a set of different methodological approaches as well as geographical and thematical variations within the field. In particular, the overview points to a recent shift in focus from a preoccupation with the identity-cultivating qualities of monetary organization to an emphasis on how collective identities legitimize monetary organization. Based on the literature review, the article points to two underdeveloped themes for future research to investigate: (1) further studies on the interrelation between the legitimacy of monetary organization and national identity, (2) an increased focus on central banks and monetary authorities, as well as the historical development in which monetary organization evolved in concert with ideas of the national identity and nationalism.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TidsskriftJournal of Cultural Economy
    Vol/bind9
    Udgave nummer2
    Sider (fra-til)173-185
    Antal sider13
    ISSN1753-0350
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2016

    Emneord

    • National identity
    • legitimacy
    • Money
    • Central banks
    • Nationalism
    • Currencies

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