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PRADEEP enter the economic and monetary union that was agreed to at Maastricht in 1991, won increased political autonomy over the past decade. While
the empire
when the EC renamed itself the European Union. Britain will not join the single the four peoples of the British lsles were united in a common endeavor of existed
mit
European currency (the Euro), which is being introduced in stages that began in enrichment through global conquest. With the end of empire. that powerful pract
1999. Even so, the gravitational pull of Europe over Britain is ineluctable - symbol cal and ideological cohesive lorce is lacking. Over the past decade an emergent
ized by the opening of the Eurotunnel under the English Channel in 1995. Eco "European" identity has been added to the mix.
XEROX nomic ties between Britain and the Continent continue to multiply, The south of England was occupied by Angles and Saxons who croSsed from
dreds of thousands of Britons buy holiday homes in
while hun
France and
work in Germany. Nevertheless, as the Continent enters the 21st Spain, and seek
the continent inthe 6th to 9h centuries, while Vikings conquered the North. The
French-speaking Normans displaced the Anglo-Saxon rulers in l066 and set about
CENTER political commitment to the idea of European unity remains century, Britain's
uncertain. ldeas of creating a unifed kingdom. Already by the 16th century a notion of the English
empire and global power status are no longer a significant factor. The main stum people was quite firmly established- as reflected in the patriotic plays of William
bling bloc is the challenge posed by a federal Europe to the
tary sovereignty, which lies at the very heart of the British principle of parliamen Shakespeare. Through the stick of conquest and the carrot of commerce, the Eng
political tradition. lish absorbed the Celtic peoples of Wales (1535), Ireland (1649), and Scotland
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HINDU WHO ARE THE BRITISH? CONTESTED out of London.
IDENTITIES The process of absorption took place in a different way in each of the three
We all have an image of who are the British: Lady Diana, Celtic regions. In Wales, English lords moved in and took over the land, but the
the Beatles, Austin Pow peasantry maintained their distinct Welsh identity and even ther Welsh language.
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fident and selfassured, if not complacent. Thisrepresentations,
come across as con To this day about one-fifth of the 3 million residents of Wales peak Welsh at
/mage of comfortable homogeneity, home. Scotland, the indigenous eudal elite was divided over the guestion of
alas, is an illusion. Britain was always riven by deep social class
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& lenges for the question of British identity.
Most of the rebellious clans were deported to America. The Scottish elite
British soil.
LLEGE For the older generation of Britons, their political identity is tied to the old played a
leading role in the forging of the British nation and the expansion of empire. In the
empire, a political institution that disappeared from the world atlas half a century 18th century Edinburgh, home of Adam Smith, rivaled London as an
ago. Britain's reluctance to join its neighbors in European intellectual
integration stems pri center and generated the conceptual framework of liberal
The 5 million Scots still maintain a strong sense of capitalism.
marily from the worry that such a step could undermine Britain's political identity
-which indicates that the latter is more fragile than is national identity, although
commonly
Scots, Irish, and Welsh are still there to remind us that the "British"supposed. The
should not be
the Gaelic language has almost disappeared. Scotland
preserved its own legal and
conflated with "English." The Celtic periphery makes up 10 million of Britain's 56 educational systems, independent from the English model. Some Scots believe
that the devil's bargain with London has worked to the
million population, and have won increased political autonomy in recent detriment of their country,
not least because its economy lagged behind that of England.
BILE: Despite 900 years of continuous self-rule, Britain's ethnic identity remainsyears.
curi the rise of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and were These feelings led to
ously ill defined. boosted in the 1960s by the
discovery of oil and gas in the North Sea off eastern Scotland. Even so,
remained a net recipient of transfers from the national budget, although Scotland
nationa
Forging a British Nation ists complained that this was because little of the oil
wealth was staying north of
24 The inhabitants of the United Kingdom have a complex and shifting
the border.
hierarchy of Also in the 1960s a nationalist movement, Plaid Cymru,
arose in Wales. Its main
identities. At one level they identify themselves as English, Scots, Welsh, or Irish, goal was the preservation of Welsh language and culture.
and at the same time they are aware of themselves as British The nationalists won
subjects. Regional concessions from London in language policy - Welsh road signs, a Welsh TV sta
identities are quite strong, with many counties and cities having distinct dialects tion, and the teaching of Welsh language in schools and
and proud traditions. Contemporary Britain is an ethnically diverse society with universities. Plaid Cymru
wins a steady 8 to 10 percent of the vote in Wales in elections,
strong national communities in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, which have mainly from the
Welsh speakers who make up about one-quarter of the population.
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