Essays about: "Andrew Bushnell"

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  1. 1. Assimilation and Nationality in the Modern State

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Andrew Bushnell; [2009]
    Keywords : assimilation; nationality; culture; immigration; immigrants; conservatism; citizenship; membership;

    Abstract : This paper addresses the expectation that immigrants will assimilate into the culture of their new country, why that expectation may be legitimate and how the modern state may act upon it. The central contention made is that because a national culture provides meaning and structure to the lives of members, and because that culture must be both traditional and institutionalized by the state to fulfill that purpose, if the state’s institutions, processes and procedures through their association with the national culture create an assimilative pressure on immigrants, this is morally permissible. READ MORE