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Outline the Assimilationist and Integrationist policies of nation building. Give suitable examples for the same.

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The Assimilationist and Integrationist policies of nation building :

Policy of Assimilation: Outright suppression of the ethnic religious or linguistic groups.try to erode cultural differences between the groups. 

Policy of Integration: seek to assert a single national identity by attempting to eliminate ethno national and cultural differences from public and political arena while allowing them in private domain. 

  • Centralising all policies to forums where dominant group constitutes the majority and eliminating the autonomy of local or minority groups.  
  • Imposing a unified legal and judicial system based on the dominant groups traditions and abolishing alternative systems used by other groups. 
  • Adopting the dominant groups language and culture through national institution including state controlled media. 
  • Adoption state symbols celebrating the dominant groups history, heroes and culture.


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