The author presents the following thesis: In many modern nation-states, national identity is not inclusive of all of the state???s citizens, and is, instead, limited (in varying degrees) to the members of the dominant group. Because such states are structurally unable to meet indigenous/minority groups??? basic human needs for identity, inclusion, and equality, the formation of ethnically based identities and political organizations is a natural alternative. To the extent that such alternatives are considered threatening to the state, the state develop systems of control over indigenous/minority groups of various degrees of force, depending on the state???s claim (or lack thereof) to “democracy.” In this article, the author examines the role the state educational system plays in identity formation, and the state???s system of control over indigenous Palestinian youth in Israel.
http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/49/8/1085