national identities

Question 1

encouraging national identities

Answer 1

Stuart Hall - every nation has a collection of stories and national symbols

people come to identify themselves as belonging to a nation through territoriality and common culture
- socialised into attitudes of an imagined community - anderson

eg language, education, ceremonies, values, traditions

Question 2

british national identity

Answer 2

Guibernau and Goldblatt - no single, original authentic group of Britons - 1707 act of union linked scotland to england and wales - british identity developed

Question 3

british identity - religion

Answer 3

protestantism - main religion - even those who do not attend church identify through church of england

national celebrations - religion plays central role

national anthem - god save the queen

Question 4

british identity - monarchy

Answer 4

the royal family symbol of natoinal identity

national anthem - king, union flag

death of queen watched by 30 million people in the uk

Question 5

british identity - geography

Answer 5

britain island - clear set of boundaries making it distinct from europe

Question 6

british identity - war

Answer 6

us vs them - self-sacrifice

britishness - blitz, dunkirk - commemorate these annually

Question 7

british identity - british empire

Answer 7

success as imperial power during 18th and 19th C - economic success and pride

Question 8

socialisation into british identity

Answer 8

british language, british rituals eg roayl events, education, british symbols eg passport and flags, through the media ‘our royal family’

Question 9

functionalism

Answer 9

durkheim - socialisation through ceremonies and rituals important integrating mechanisms

creates social solidarity
nationalism - positive role in creating feelings of community

Terzis - media - presenters of national reituals and engravers of national symbols

Question 10

globalisation - negative impact

Answer 10

stuart hall - national cultures declining due to new hybrid cultures leading to hybrid identities

media - reports on global events - different cultures and attitudes, travelling internationally - harder to identify british diet with new cuisines

widespread immigration - opportunity for people to choose identity from greater range of cultures - national identities taken over by global identities

Question 11

globalisation - positive impact

Answer 11

british national party - Orr - negative identities - people define themselves by what they are not - growth of groups shows attempt to reassert national identity

world cup, olympics

globalisation theorists - national identity has changed - politics, immigration and cultural processes

Question 12

weakening identities

Answer 12

waters
celtic identity - devolution in scotland and wales - strengthened sense of regional identity that overpowers british identity - 69% scottish and 20% british

multicultural - modood - asians and african-caribbeans do not feel comfortable with british identity - do not feel they are accepted by white british

english identity - english instead of british eg asians

Question 13

important

Answer 13

dukheim - socialisation is important, builds social solidarity

schudson

palmer

agents of socialisation

5 themes

celtic identities

Question 14

less important - globalisation

Answer 14

spread of global culture is becoming strong - citizens of the world - rise in hybridisation

Question 15

less important - multiculturalism

Answer 15

modood - 2nd gen ethnic minority see themselves as culturally and socially british

asian and afro-caribbean did not feel that majority of british people accepted them as british

eu - widespread immigration - european identity rather than national identity - rise in hate crime - post brexit - 42%