EDUC 6610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Capital, Claus Offe
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Two types of mobility: unvoluntary/forced/unwelcomed mobility vs. welcomed mobility: zajda states that globalization is western-driven and hegemonic. Both a positive and negative, cohesive and exclusive images. A cultural community of people who believe that they have a common heritage and a common destiny -> a bit of myth making in creating a nation. State: legal and political organization which controls a certain territory . Treaty of westphalia (1648) establishes state sovereignty. Common character that is distinct from others outside of the proposed state. National-building is continuous -> the nation is always forming, and therefore, education is never fixed. Smith (1991); a nation needs: a collective proper name, a myth of common ancestry, shared historical memories, at least one differentiating element of common culture, association with. Interesting to see that most of the basis for a nation needs an other to differentiate itself and to legitimize it: h. marshall (1964) wrote class, citizenship, and social development .
