A good citizen in Britain might be someone who understands duties such as the duty to pay taxes or serve 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 multicutural country and in each culture there are differences relating to an 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
British citizenship: Nations, nationalism and national identity
Workshop activity: Identity and citizenship
Powerpoint presentation.
English Students on identity and Scottish devolution
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English Students on identity and Scottish Devolution
Audio file 2: 11.00 mins
English Students on identity and Scottish Devolution
Audio file 3: 11.00 mins
British citizenship: Models of citizenship
Powerpoint presentation.
British citizenship
Social and Moral Responsibility