GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Quiet Revolution, Scottish Clan, Cultural Diversity
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Lecture 19 cultures resist: the fragmenting nation state. In 1995, 49. 4% of the quebec population voted in favour of separation from canada. In september 2014 45% of scots voted in favour of independence from the rest of the uk. Its union with england and wales dates from 1707. In 2007-8 belgium had non-national government for over 18 months because of feuding between french- and dutch-speakers. Wealthier dutch-speakers in north, poor french-speakers in south. So we cannot assume a common culture even in long established nation states in the global north. There"s not much sign here of a global culture: there is always tension for political problems to. Many were sceptical, seeing larger political unites in the future: There will be a global modernity with larger and fewer nation states. Modernization/organization erases traditional loyalties: language, religious. As the modern state rebuilds itself, national sentiment (a feeling for the nation) is a necessary source for the nation state.
