Migration EQ4

Question 1

Global citizenship

Answer 1

A way of living wherein a person identifies strongly with global scale issues, values and cultures rather than/ in addition to narrower place-based identity

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

A political movement focused on national independence or the abandonment of policies that are viewed by some people as a threat to national sovereignty/culture

Question 3

Cultural cohesion

Answer 3

The capacity of different national and ethnic groups to make a mutual commitment to live together as citizens of the same state

Question 4

Cultural landscape

Answer 4

The distinctive character of a geographical place or region that has been shaped over time by a combination of physical and human processes

Question 5

Ethnoscape

Answer 5

A cultural landscape constructed by an ethnic minority group eg migrant population. Their culture is clearly reflected in the way they have remade the place where they live

Question 6

The (theorised) effects of hyperglobalisation

Answer 6

The relevance and power of countries will reduce over time

-shrinking world, and borders are meaningless
-individual identities replaced by shared identity based on global citizenship
-more peaceful world

Question 7

Why have there been more barriers to globalisation?

Answer 7

Rise in nationalism due to interpretation on the loss of a nation’s sovereignty and COVID-19

Question 8

Factors that reinforce contemporary nationalism

Answer 8

-Sports and culture
-Education
-Political parties

Question 9

How can national identity and state loyalty be tied together?

Answer 9

-Legal systems
-Methods of governance

Question 10

Why is national identity and loyalty so complex in a globalised world?

Answer 10

-National identity can change over time

-A multinational country with many contrasting ethnicities will have a complex view towards what national identity and loyalty mean

Question 11

What are challenges to national identity? (3 of them)

Answer 11

-More UK based companies are now foreign owned
-Soft power from large global media and retail corporations
-Foreign ownership of property and land

Question 12

Examples of UK brands now foreign owned

Answer 12

HP Foods, Cadbury, Harrods, Boots, National Lottery (Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan, however now owned by Allwyn UK)

Question 13

Impacts of foreign ownership of property

Answer 13

-Can drive up house prices and increase demand, so difficult for locals to buy a house
-Place character change as shops and services cater to foreign property buyers

Question 14

Secession

Answer 14

The act of separation for part of a state to form a new and fully independent country

Question 15

Examples of secession movements

Answer 15

Catalonia
Scotland

Question 16

Effects of globalisation on BRICS and national identity

Answer 16

Uneven distribution of costs/benefits of globalisation has caused political tensions eg. Brazil Olympics, China Uyghurs, India Muslims/Hindus

Question 17

Failed state

Answer 17

A country whose government has lost political control and is unable to fulfil its basic responsibilities

Question 18

Impact of failed states on national identity

Answer 18

-Increased conflict between groups eg. Kashmir, Rwanda, Sudan

-Conflicts over political borders (no shared identity) eg. Rwanda