Analyzing the Debate: Global Citizenship Versus National Identity

This essay delves into the complex relationship between global citizenship and national identity. It begins by outlining the rationale for exploring this topic, emphasizing the increasing identification with global citizenship. The essay then presents three key sources, evaluating their currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, and purpose using the CRAAP test. A thesis statement is provided, followed by a discussion of both positive and negative arguments surrounding the central question of whether global citizenship can or should replace national identity. The essay also includes a writing plan detailing the stages of research and analysis, as well as addressing challenges faced during the research process and proposed solutions. The work is supported by a comprehensive list of references, including both print and online sources, to validate the claims. The document is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib, a platform that provides all the necessary AI based study tools for students.

Should Global
citizenship replace
national identity?

Table of Content
 Why this topic?
 Three key sources
 Source evaluation
 Thesis statement
 Main arguments
 Writing plan
 Challenges and solutions
 References

Why this topic?
Title: “ Should Global citizenship replace national identity?”
Motive behind selecting this topic is to identify the impact of
global citizenship that could influence the national identity of
an individual. There are several countries where people are
living with global citizenship with other nation identity so the
main reason behind choosing this topic is to explain that an
individual can live all around the world with their global
citizenship and it will not have impact on their national identity.

Three key sources
Key source 1:
According to the views of Frida Garza, (2016), it has been analysed that
people are increasingly identified as global citizen more than national.
After conducting survey, it has been concluded that more than 20,000
people from 18 nations in between December 2015 and April 2016 are
saying that they consider themselves more of a global citizen instead of
a particular country they are living in.

Cont...
This is because it is believed that everyone have a right to take citizenship
of entire world and help in making it a better place (People are
increasingly identifying more as “global citizens” than national
citizens, 2016). Thus, people see themselves as global citizen first
instead of national which result in replacing national citizenship over
global.

Cont...
Key Source 2:
As per the views of Yosola Olorunshola, (2016), it has been identified
that global citizenship is becoming more popular in emerging
economies but national identity is important. Now a days, people are
choosing their identity as citizen of world on first and foremost basis.
But it is crucial to note that global citizenship cannot replace an
individual identity of nation they belong.

Cont...
 Concept of global citizenship is becoming more popular in
emerging economies – This concept is becoming more people
because everyone want to become citizen at global level. In
countries like United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and USA approx.
50% of people are presently identified as world level citizen (BBC
poll says 'global citizenship' is on the rise, 2016).

Cont...
 Out of all the European nations, Spanish people are the most
enthusiastic global citizens - In respective country, more than
50% of population choose themselves as global citizens which is
replacing their nationalist identity by their choosing.
 Moreover, national identity is important but it's not everything –
There are some factors such as Gender, local ties, religion,
ethnicity and so on which frame individual national boundaries.
After conducting survey, it has been identified that approx. 43%
of people give priority to their nationality.

Cont...
 Concept of global citizenship is becoming more popular in
emerging economies – In countries like United Kingdom,
Germany, Russia and USA approx. 50% of people are presently
identified as world level citizen.
 Out of all the European nations, Spanish people are the most
enthusiastic global citizens- In respective country more than
50% of the population choose themselves as global citizens.
Whereas, France and the United Kingdom is the counties which
lag behind on the same question, responders in all these nations
were the most passionate when it comes to the point of inter-
racial or inter-cultural marriages.

Cont...
Key source 3:
On the basis of Flair, (2019) views, it has been determined that rise in
globalization concept doesn't means that nationality will be end (Rise
in globalism doesn’t mean the end for nationalists,2019).
These sources were found by doing research on the topic “Should Global
citizenship replace national identity?” as well as with the assistance of
internet. al citizens out of these approx. 82% are known with their
nationality as well as 72% have proud on their nation.

Source Evaluation
The CRAAP test will be applied on first key source which is given by
Frida Garza, (2016).
 Currency- This given information and data is about Should Global
citizenship replace national identity and it is written by Frida Garza
in 2016 and it is not revised again. These articles clearly studied
about that global citizenship cannot reduce nationalist identity of
individual but at some extent now a days world citizenship is
increasing. Their is requirement of current information also because
preferences of people chance and population also increase.

Cont...
 Relevancy- The information is very much relevant to the chosen
topic as it elaborates that an individual don't loose their nationality
while they are global citizen. The article was written for the general
awareness of the public that global citizenship does not reduce
nationalist identity of individual but at some level world citizenship
is increasing more and more as per the key source 1 given by Frida
garza in 2016. Information and data given in the article is
professional and relevant to the topic this is the main reason of
including respective information in the report.