Policies which are aimed at persuading, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms is called ______.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Assimilationist
Option (1) Pluralist — Incorrect. Pluralism accepts multiple and complementary identities living side by side, which is the reverse of a uniform culture.
Option (2) Nationalist — Incorrect. A nationalist policy seeks to build the citizens’ loyalty to the nation. States may try to do this in different ways; the particular policy of making every citizen take on one set of cultural values and norms has its own name, assimilation.
Option (3) Assimilationist — Correct. Policies that promote assimilation are aimed at persuading, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms, usually those of the dominant group. Other groups are expected to give up their own culture and take on the prescribed one.
Option (4) Multiculturalist — Incorrect. A multicultural polity is one in which many cultures co-exist; policies of this kind work to end the cultural exclusion of diverse groups and let each keep its own culture. That is the opposite of making all citizens adopt one culture.
NCERT (2025-26): “Communities, Nations and Nation-States … Policies that promote assimilation are aimed at persuading, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of cultural values and norms. These values and norms are usually entirely or largely those of the dominant social group. Other, non-dominant or subordinated groups in society are expected or required to give up their own cultural values and adopt the prescribed ones.…” |