Nationalism and National Integration

Taylor & Francis

This study of nationalism and national integration introduces the theories and principles of the subject, following with coverage of UK, Canada and Australia. Ethnicity and immigration, education, public opinion and Commonwealth expenditure on services to immigrants are discussed. > Nationalist theories are still controversial, while the process and frequent failures of national integration are issues of central importance in the contemporary world. Birch's argument is illustrated by detailed and topical case studies of national integration in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia: the United Kingdom, with the Welsh, the Scots, the Irish and the coloured minorities; Canada, with its Anglo-French tensions, its cultural pluralism and its indigenous peoples claiming the right of self-government; Australia, with its increasing ethnic diversity and its failure to integrate the Aborigines. > Part 1 Theory and Principles; Chapter 1 Concepts and problems; Chapter 2 The origins and n;