MIS eq4 Flashcards
national identity
a sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language
civic identity
a person associates themselves with the citizenry and the political and legal institutions of the state
ethnic identity
an attachment to one’s ancestry, tradition, culture and language - and not necessarily to the state a person was born and lives in
what is national identity
an elusive and contested concept
education
different factors of British identity
- good standard
- legally stay til 18
- free education
- oxbridge world renowned
- british values must be promoted
political parties
different factors of British identity
- democracy
- concervatives and labour
- UKIP rise (nationalist)
british institutions
different factors of British identity
- nhs
- bank of england
- stock exchange
- monarchy
- army
- legal system
landscape
different factors of British identity
- Turner paintings
- LS lowery
- Englands green and pleasant land
- industrialised
language
different factors of British identity
- world-spoken
- multi-language
sport
different factors of British identity
- wimbledon
- football, rugby, cricket
- team GB
stereotypes
different factors of British identity
- tea
- posh
- queueing
- football hooliganism
- brits abroad
foreign ownership of companies
challenges to national identity
- HP sauce owned by American Heinz
- Weetabix is Chinese owned
- Jaguar owned by Indian TaTa (reverse colonisation)
property and land
challenges to national identity
- Russian billionaire ownes sky scraper, which is left unused in London admist housing crisis
- in 2008-2015, over £100 billion worth of property in London was bought by foreign countries
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westernisation and cultural values
challenges to national identity
- ‘cultural imperialism’
- global economy created global brand names like Apple
- 2015 top 10 countries in fortune 500, 8 were american
entertainment
westernisation and cultural values
most consumed media created by a small group of huge companies eg Sony, 80% of global music market is American
westernisation of China
challenges to national identity
- disenyland Shanghai
- 140 learning centres equipped with diseny materials to teach 150,000 children English
disunity within Ukraine
- Putin wants to eliminate the national identity
- destroyed over 500 cultural sites
scotland
- referendum to leave uk in 2014
- 56% voted to stay
spain
- Catalonia and Basque may emerge as independant states
belgium
- Flanders and Wolonian divide
- wolonian are french speaking
- each want independance
north korea
Tight grip on controling their people but those people may not want to live like that
China
- comunism declining
- hong kong conflict
Iraq
- 3 groups eg kurds
- separate flags
libya
- former italian colony
- civil war 2011 lead to fall of president
- divided by 3 regions
usa
- alaska and texas want independance
similarities between catalonia and scotland
- distinct national identity
- both areas have important economic advantages eg Barcelona in catalonia and energy from scotland
differences between scotland and catalonia
- Scotland is free to make decisions on how to run the country
- catalonia has living language
fragile states index
- composite index
- 4 main elements (economic, political, social, cohesion)
Failed states is a country that has broken down and is characterised by ……
- loss of control over its territory
- erosion of legitimate authority
- inability to interact with other states
- inability to provide public services
Syria - a failed state
- 60% of population lack regular access to food
- 13 million people displaced
- broken up into 4 sancitons eg ISIS
- group grievance
- 2025 president Assad fled to Russia, leaving hopeful new government in charge
