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Beyond the Nation-State: National Identity and Citizenship in a Multicultural Society - A Response to Rex
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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:50 authored by Gerard DelantyThe crisis of national identity in Western Europe is related to the rise of a new nationalism which operates at many different levels, ranging from extreme xenophobic forms to the more moderate forms of cultural nationalism. Underlying the new nationalism in general is more a hostility against immigrants than against other nations; it is motivated less by notions of cultural superiority than by the implications multiculturalism has for the welfare state, which is being attacked by neo- liberal agendas. As a cultural discourse, the new nationalism is a product of social fragmentation. Therefore the most important challenge facing the democratic multi- cultural state in the context of European integration is to find ways of preserving the link between social citizenship and multiculturalism. Without a firm basis in social citizenship, multiculturalism will suffer continued attacks from nationalism, feeding off social insecurity.
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Sociological Research OnlineISSN
1360-7804Publisher
SAGE PublicationsPublisher URL
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3Volume
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- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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