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A 5 page research paper that explores the changing nature of the concept of national identity, with a focus on Great Britain. The writer outlines the parameters of this debate in the UK and then discusses how the concepts of civic and ethnic nationalism apply, suggesting that Great Britain is moving towards the model of civic or "multicultural" nationalism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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shifts in natural culture and identities (Castles, 1997). This situation has significantly impacted the concept of national identity within Great Britain and brought about a debate on whether
or not the promotion of a sense of national identity is at odds with the objectives of multiculturalism. The concept of a nation-state typically suggests a close tie between
ethnicity and political identity. Castle (1997), for example, argues that a state is generally defined as a political unit whose boundaries coincide with ethnic ones, asserting that a nation has
traditionally been viewed as a "group of people who belong together on the basis of shared language, culture, traditions and history -- in other words an ethnic community" (Castles, 1997,
p. 5). While Castles defines the nation-state according to ethnicity, he goes on to argue that "a new form of multicultural citizenship" is what is required to meet the needs
of the future (1997). Experts agree that multiculturalism is a key sociological element in the twenty-first century, but there are differences in perspective as to precisely what this
term means. John Rex maintains that -- for the British -- the term "multiculturalism" generally refers to educational reform, a "doctrine about what should be taught in schools and studied
in universities" (Higham, 1999, p. 143). It is not conceptualized in Great Britain, as it is in the US as a blueprint for society. Rather, the British see the term
"multicultural" as referring to a feasible social order. British social anthropology, according to Rex, pictures unitary systems, on one hand, and plural societies on the other (Higham, 1999). In the
first case, all institutions interconnect, but in the second case, separate ethnic identities are held together through the domination of one segment of the population that exercises its will over
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