A good citizen in Britain might be someone who understands their duty such as paying taxes or serving on a jury. This arises from a European or Western history of ideas and experience. There is a strong notion that citizenship is related to membership of specific nation-state, but is this idea of membership undermined by the boundaries of ethnicity and religion and not class. What about the issues of heritage and citizenship? Is Britain a divided island because it is a multiethnic and multicultural country and in each culture there are differences relating to individuals' beliefs? This section looks at models of citizenship and how identity and nationalism has made the term citizenship a difficult one to define.
Comparative Perspectives on Citizenship: Britain
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British citizenship: Nations, nationalism and national identity
Workshop activity: Identity and citizenship
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English students on identity and Scottish devolution
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English students on identity and Scottish devolution
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English students on identity and Scottish devolution
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British citizenship: Models of citizenship
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British citizenship
Social and Moral Responsibility