National identity

Question 1

what is nationality?

Answer 1

formal legal category of people belonging to a ‘nation state’, usually with legal right eg : voting

Question 2

what is national identity?

Answer 2

the feeling of being part of a larger community that gives a sense of pride, purpose and meaning

Question 3

what does skey argue?

Answer 3

british people are fighting for their culture, they feel threatened by people who aren’t british through immigration, multiculturalism, and diversity, the majority is threatened by the minority so national identity can be expressed through negative ways such as english defence league, the far right

Question 4

how does the education system promote national identity?

Answer 4

in 2014 michael gove announced all schools and colleges must teach british values(tolerance, respect, democracy, individual liberty, rule of law), history, english lit and religion in british schools promote national identity

Question 5

what is the life in the uk quiz?

Answer 5

migrants to britian hoping to gain british citizenship, and residency must score at least 75% on it, it includes questions that focus on the values and principles that apparently lie at the heart of being british

Question 6

what does anderson argue?

Answer 6

the media encourages national identity by encouraging people to identify with british symbols such as the royal family, there is an ‘imagined community’ where people feel a connection and are one big community eg : sport events, the queens passing

Question 7

what does kumar argue?

Answer 7

unlike scots, welsh and irish, the english find it difficult to say who they are and english national identity is elusive, its complex and difficult to achieve

Question 8

what does sadar argue?

Answer 8

the world is in the middle of a global identity crisis, old divides like east vs west or capitalist vs communist have broken down so britain has become lost in the decision to be american or european by nature, sadar says we need to decide what makes britain britain and create a strong individual nationality around this or embrace globalisation and lose it totally

Question 9

what does hall argue?

Answer 9

countries can display three reactions to globalisation:
1) cultural homogenisation - accept global culture and all countries become similar
2) cultural hybridity - take some parts of global culture and develop a new but individual culture
3) cultural resistance - resist global culture and protect cultural heritage and become more nationalistic