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A 9 page research paper that examines the terms political culture, national identity, and nationalism. The writer offers definitions of these terms and then turns to specific examples in various countries to illustrate their interrelationships. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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is often ambiguous and rather confusing. However, the connotations for these terms are different, and an understanding of their differences can be quite helpful in understanding the origins of certain
modern nations and also how their particular peoples identify themselves. Definitions Political Culture : Quite often the most revealing way to identify or define a term is to give specific
examples of how that term operates in the real world. For example, while African-Americans have never had a sense of national identity within the context of the United States, they
have certainly had a political culture. Marable points out that the major ideological debates, which have mapped out the dimensions of "the political mind of black United States," has always
been concerned with the "orientation and objectives of black political culture and consciousness" (71). As examples of this statement, one only has
to look at the great historical verbal battles that occurred between such African-American leaders as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, the founder of the NAACP, which were largely
contested over the manner in which the "black community would define for itself the political and economic tools necessary for empowerment and future development" (Marable 71). In other words, political
culture refers to the means by which groups of people within a country affect that countrys overall political direction in regards to themselves and others. National Identity :
As the European Union becomes an ever increasing part of European life, many people in countries that belong to the E.U. have felt their sense of national identity being threatened.
William Hague, leader of the Conservative Party in Great Britain, commented that the transferring of power from "Westminster to Brussels...strikes at the core of our national identity" ("Where now..." 14).
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