Q3) 20 marker - National identity

Question 1

Hewitt (nationality)

Answer 1

(+) White backlash against multicultralism where the policies put in place to acheive equality have been percieved to be unfair to white people and has caused them to establish a tight knit national community

Question 2

Hall (nationality)

Answer 2

(+) As part of 3 responses, in resistance people fight to preserve their nationality and place great value on it

Question 2

Anderson (nationality)

Answer 2

(+) Imagined community where half people will never meet eachother but it determines the way people act and makes everyone similar

Question 3

Kumar (nationality)

Answer 3

(-) National divides are blurring and people are finding it difficult to say who they are

Eg. British is umbrella term so no longer feel distinct or like nationality matters

Question 4

Sardar (nationality)

Answer 4

(-) Shift from nationality to humanity where barriers are breaking down due to globalisation and all nations are becoming similar

Question 5

Maffesoli (nationality)

Answer 5

(-) People come together based on common interests to form fluid neotribes so nationality is no longer factor of social groups or subcultures

Question 6

Which sociologists argue that nationality is significant?

Answer 6

• Hewitt
• Hall
• Anderson

Question 7

Which sociologists argue that nationality is not significant?

Answer 7

• Kumar
• Sardar
• Maffesoli