The Impact of Global Citizenship on National Identity: An Essay

This essay delves into the complex relationship between global citizenship and national identity, exploring the arguments for and against the potential replacement of national identity by global citizenship. The essay begins with an introduction to the topic, followed by an examination of three key sources that provide different perspectives on the issue. It includes a source evaluation using the CRAAP test, a thesis statement, and a discussion of the main arguments, both positive and negative, surrounding the topic. A detailed writing plan is outlined, including challenges faced during research and potential solutions. The essay concludes with a comprehensive list of references. This assignment provides a detailed analysis of the ongoing debate, supported by research and critical thinking.

Should Global citizenship
replace national identity?

Table of Contents
Title:.................................................................................................................................................3
Why this topic?................................................................................................................................3
Three key sources............................................................................................................................3
Source evaluation.............................................................................................................................4
Thesis statement:..............................................................................................................................5
Main arguments ..............................................................................................................................5
Writing plan ....................................................................................................................................6
Challenges and solutions .................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
.........................................................................................................................................................9

Title:
“ Should Global citizenship replace national identity?”
Why this topic?
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 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.
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. 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).

 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.
Key source 3:
On the basis of Flair, (2019) views, it has been determined that rise in globalisation
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.
Source Evaluation
The CRAAP test will be applied on first key source which is given by Frida Garza,
(2016).
(Source:CRAAP TEST ,2018)
Illustration 1: CRAAP TEST

 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. 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. Authority- The article given by Frida Garza in 2016, is reliable as well as authentic
source of gathering or collecting information about Should Global citizenship replace
national identity. Yes, respective author is qualified in writing on this topic as well as
there is no contact information is published on the article.
 Accuracy- Information as well as data given in the chosen article is accurate and
appropriate for the selected topic. The mentioned data or information about the global
citizenship and nationalist identity have to be consider while doing assignment so this
justification of the information written can be given by the writer. Yes, Frida Garza is
qualified for writing respective article.Purpose- This Article was written by the
respective author to reflect the understanding about that global citizenship not reduce
national identity of individual. Additionally, the author also focuses on the information
that world citizenship are increasing day by day and people forgetting their nationality
(Guo, 2013). In the published article of Frida garza there is no contact information is
mention such as contact number or mail address.
Thesis statement:
The Thesis statement is as follows:-
“Global citizenship can also be about building a worldwide movement to tackle world's
biggest challenges but it has power to reduce the national identity of an individual”.

Main arguments
Positive arguments-
 From 20,000 respondents of 18 countries, it has been asked that whether they consider
themselves as planet wide citizen or not. The response was “yes”. Main positive thing in
this is people are becoming global citizen they feel themselves part of all over the world
(People are increasingly identifying more as “global citizens” than national citizens,
2016). Apart from this, approx. 50% of the United Kingdom population define them as
global citizens. Survey conducting states that approx. 43% of the people give priority to their nationality
and they think that local ties, ethnicity, religion, gender are the factors which shape
individual identity along with the national boundaries (Rise in globalism doesn’t mean
the end for nationalists,2019). Thus, through such behaviour individual national identity
is not reducing by global citizenship.
Negative arguments-
 Major negative point is that 52% of population ranked themselves as national citizen and
they think it is the best criteria for their self identity (Andreouli and Howarth, 2013).
Every individual want their own identity which will be gained only when they consider
their nationality as individuals own identity. But at some level it will give negative
impact on global citizenship because people are giving preferences to their national
identity first which is reducing worldwide citizenship.
 People who are strongly identified as global citizens in the latest round of the World
Values Survey, 82% also strongly identified with their nation as well as 74 percent are
have proud on their nation (Rise in globalism doesn’t mean the end for
nationalists,2019).
Writing plan
In order to gather information for this topic, I have set some goals for specific time
period. These kind of approaches assist me in managing further task on proper time bound
duration. It was a challenging aspect for me because it requires proper consistency in effective
manner. The written plan of this report is -
 Identification of key sources – 7-8 days
 Source evaluation – 4-5 days

 Thesis statement – 1 day
 Data regarding Main arguments - 15 days
 Challenges and Solution – 1 Month
Challenges and solutions
Challenges - While working on this assignment, I faced several challenges out of which
first and foremost problem which I gone through was finding accurate data and information
relevant to my chosen topic i.e., “ Should Global citizenship replace national identity?”. Overall
work related to this report is time consuming because analysing and gathering data is not easy
task as well as finding accurate information also consume lots of time. For selecting best article
which is relevant to my topic, I research as well as read several articles and then chose the most
applicable three that will support me in working on respective topic. Apart from this, one of the
major challenge faced by me is the technical language written in the articles which consumed my
time in understanding the written information.
Moreover, chosen topic is not easy to understand as it took lot of time while
understanding it and doing research on.
Solution – From my experience which is gained by me after finishing this assignment
has concluded that such reports gives better outcomes by improving research skills. As has been
discussed above that I faced time management issue so to overcome this and to do work in
effective manner, I should have to focus on my time management skills because in future it will
assist me in conducting research. Along with this, I have to learn more and more technical words
so that I can understand articles easily and finish my work within required time period.
Moreover, for doing CRAAP test in easy and better manner there is requirement of finding
appropriate sources for doing research.

REFERENCES
Books and journal
Andreouli, E. and Howarth, C., 2013. National identity, citizenship and immigration: Putting
identity in context. Journal for the theory of social behaviour . 43(3) . pp.361-382.
Guo, X., 2013. Living in a global world: Influence of consumer global orientation on attitudes
toward global brands from developed versus emerging countries.Journal of
International Marketing. 21(1) . pp.1-22.
Ichilov, O., 2013. Citizenship and citizenship education in a changing world. Routledge.
Online
BBC poll says 'global citizenship' is on the rise. 2016.[online].Available
Through<https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/most-outward-looking-countries-
global-citizen-nati/>.
People are increasingly identifying more as “global citizens” than national citizens. 2016.
[online].Available through<https://qz.com/672396/people-are-now-more-likely-to-
identify-as-global-citizens-than-national-citizens/>.
Rise in globalism doesn’t mean the end for nationalists.2019.[Online].Available
through<http://theconversation.com/rise-in-globalism-doesnt-mean-the-end-for-
nationalists-81463>.