Globalization’s disruptions trigger reactive movements defending myths of unitary national identity

Evidence

However, multicultural societies are not to be equated with multiculturalism, which refers to a policy decision by receiving societies to recognize cultural difference and take measures to ensure social justice for minorities. Indeed, there are clear signs of a backlash against multiculturalism at present in many countries, including Australia, Canada, the USA, and Sweden. The combination of economic restructuring, erosion of national cultures, and immigration - all facets of globalization - leads to reactive movements to try to rescue myths of autonomous national communities and unitary identity. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3884

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Globalization’s eroding effect on state power is empirically overstated — Greta R. Krippner, The Financialization of the American…, 137; State reaction to globalization reorganized around racially inflected perceived threats — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1741; Sacralized national identity emerges amid state collapse crises to rally mobilization — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1466 (+2 more)