article published yes Andreas Pöllmann author 774370000-0002-9090-2547 This article focuses on ancestry as a controversial marker of Britishness/Germanness. Considering developments in nationality law and large-scale survey data for England and Germany, it illustrates that macrocontextual distinctions into civic and ethnic nations tend to overestimate cross-national differences, while underestimating important within-country variations according to people’s educational background. The fact that—in both countries—higher levels of formal education are strongly associated with more ethnically inclusive notions of legitimate national membership underlines the formative potential of formal education in contemporary multicultural societies.</jats:p> SAGE Publications2012 eng 2158-2440 2158-244010.1177/2158244012466666 241-6 yes Pöllmann, Andreas. “Locating Ancestry in Notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond Waning Myths of Civic and Ethnic Nations.” <i>Sage Open</i> 2, no. 4 (2012): 1–6. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666</a>. A. Pöllmann, Sage Open 2 (2012) 1–6. A. Pöllmann, “Locating ancestry in notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond waning myths of civic and ethnic nations,” <i>Sage Open</i>, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1–6, 2012, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">10.1177/2158244012466666</a>. Pöllmann, A. (2012). Locating ancestry in notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond waning myths of civic and ethnic nations. <i>Sage Open</i>, <i>2</i>(4), 1–6. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666</a> @article{Pöllmann_2012, title={Locating ancestry in notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond waning myths of civic and ethnic nations}, volume={2}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">10.1177/2158244012466666</a>}, number={4}, journal={Sage Open}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Pöllmann, Andreas}, year={2012}, pages={1–6} } Pöllmann A. Locating ancestry in notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond waning myths of civic and ethnic nations. <i>Sage Open</i>. 2012;2(4):1-6. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">10.1177/2158244012466666</a> Pöllmann, Andreas. “Locating Ancestry in Notions of Britishness/Germanness: Beyond Waning Myths of Civic and Ethnic Nations.” <i>Sage Open</i>, vol. 2, no. 4, SAGE Publications, 2012, pp. 1–6, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012466666">10.1177/2158244012466666</a>. 667862026-08-23T17:24:03Z2026-08-24T08:16:34Z