Research and analysis

National and supranational identities

Report examining whether changes in national and supranational identities are based on ethnic or civic views of the nation.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 21 January 2013

Documents

To what extent are ongoing changes in national and supranational identities based on ethnic or civic conceptions of the nation, and what are the behavioural consequences of these different conceptions? (DR16)

Ref: BIS/13/518

PDF, 1.03 MB, 76 pages

Details

This report aims to describe trends in British identity, to explore which groups in society have a stronger or weaker sense of identity, and to consider the implications for people’s attitudes and behaviour.

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on the future of identity in the UK.

Published 21 January 2013