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Nation Building and Diversity
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Nation building becomes a necessity when the internal social milieu of the nation is characterised by diversity. Nation-states of West Europe attempted to create culturally homogeneous polities, which are inimical to the very idea of diversity. Therefore it is necessary to endorse the notion of national state, which consciously nurtures and celebrates diversity.. The distinction between the territorially anchored national minorities and the spatially dispersed ethnic minorities is crucial because the former can.

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