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Following recently-completed projects on British identity arising from ESRC-funded work on ‘National Identity and Constitutional Change’ and ‘Being British: National Identity in a Global Context’, the Department has been commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to write a report on ‘British identity, its sources and possible implications for civic attitudes and behaviour’ for Lord Goldsmith’s Citizenship Review. The report looks at the survey evidence on trends over time in British identity, British national pride and a sense of belonging or attachment to Britain. It then moves on to consider the main drivers of a sense of belonging, focusing in particular on age, ethnic and religious groups, overseas birth and socio-economic deprivation before finally turning to the implications of a sense of belonging, or its absence, for ‘civic’ attitudes and behaviour. It is expected that the Report will be published in late February 2008 in conjunction with the final report of the Citizenship Review.
Project team: Prof Anthony Heath (Principal Investigator) and Jane Roberts (Nuffield College).
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