Nationality Identity

Question 1

EVALUATION:

Sardar (2002)

Answer 1

the world is in the middle of a global identity crisis where old divides like Capitalist vs. Communist have broken down

Question 2

Stuart Hall (1991)

Answer 2

the countries may display three different reactions to globalisation:

• Cultural Homogenisation: all countries becoming more similar
• Cultural Hybridity: taking in some parts of global culture as well as their traditional culture
• Cultural Resistance: resisting global culture and protecting their cultural heritage

Question 3

Anderson (1983)

Answer 3

argues that a ‘nation’ is an ‘imagined community’ in that members of a nation will never meet most of their fellow members thus socially constructed through symbols like the flag and anthem

Question 4

Kumar (2003)

Answer 4

unlike the Scots, Welsh and Irish, the English find it hard to say who they are and that English national identity is elusive. The question expand Britishness may have diluted Englishness