Paper 1 - National identity

Question 1

Nationality (define)

Answer 1

Formal, legal category, ppl belong to ‘nation sate’ legal rights
passport

Question 2

National identity (define)

Answer 2

feel part of larger community, sense of pride and purpose

Question 3

Skey (threatening British)

Answer 3

British identity expressed by sentiment that others are threatening it e.g. immigration, diversity
victimhood, majority threatened by minority - EDL, National front, Brexit

Question 4

Education- socialisation

Answer 4

British values, national ciricullum
Mutual respect, democracy, liberty, rule of law, tolerance
History, English, RS focus on British success

Question 5

Mass Media - Anderson (symbols)

Answer 5

media encourages ppl to identify with British symbols like Royal Family (weddings, jubilee, king speech etc)

Question 6

Anderson - Imagined community (define)

Answer 6

all come together to express emotion/passion
e.g. queen passing, all ages mourning without even knowing her

Question 7

Decline - Kumar (diluted Britain)

Answer 7

Unlike Scots, Welsh and Irish, English national identity is elusive quest to expand Britishness has diluted Englishness
W- rugby I- St. P day, Guinness S- haggis, bagpipes

Question 8

Decline - Sadar (global identity crisis)

Answer 8

divides such as east vs west or communist vs capitalist
Britain lost between American and European nature after lose of empire
either strong individual nationality or embrace globalisation

Question 9

Decline - Hall (reactions to globalisation)

Answer 9

-Cultural Homogenisation –>Accept global culture, all countries similar
-Cultural Hybridity –> Take in some and develop new individual culture
-Cultural Resistance –>Protect cultural heritage, more nationalistic (suggest no decline)