Policies that are aimed at persuasion, encouraging or forcing all citizens to adopt a uniform set of culture values and norms are ___________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Assimilationist
Option (1) 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 (2) Integrationist — Incorrect. Integrationist policies are different in style, though their final aim is the same. They do not make everyone adopt one culture in every sphere; they insist only that the public culture be restricted to a common national pattern, while all ‘non-national’ cultures are pushed into the private sphere.
Option (3) Non-assimilationist — Incorrect. A policy that does not seek assimilation would let each group keep its own culture, the reverse of making all citizens adopt one set of values and norms.
Option (4) Dis-integrationist — Incorrect. There is no such policy term. A state’s cultural policy seeks unity; none aims at breaking the nation apart.
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. Policies promoting integration are different in style but not in overall objective: they insist that the public culture be restricted to a common national pattern, while all ‘non-national’ cultures are to be relegated to the private sphere. In this case too, there is the danger of the dominant group’s culture being treated as ‘national’ culture.…” |