The Assimilationist and Integrationist policies of nation building :
Policy of Assimilation: Outright suppression of the ethnic religious or linguistic groups.try to erode cultural differences between the groups.
Policy of Integration: seek to assert a single national identity by attempting to eliminate ethno national and cultural differences from public and political arena while allowing them in private domain.
- Centralising all policies to forums where dominant group constitutes the majority and eliminating the autonomy of local or minority groups.
- Imposing a unified legal and judicial system based on the dominant groups traditions and abolishing alternative systems used by other groups.
- Adopting the dominant groups language and culture through national institution including state controlled media.
- Adoption state symbols celebrating the dominant groups history, heroes and culture.