You may also like: "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite" http://nationalinterest.org/print/article/dead-souls-the-denationalization-of-the

You may also like: "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite" http://nationalinterest.org/print/article/dead-souls-the-denationalization-of-the-american-elite-620 http://nationalinterest.org/print/article/dead-souls-the-den... "Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and American policy at home and abroad. Different perceptions--especially between the citizenry and the more cosmopolitan elites--of what constitutes national identity generate different national interests and policy priorities. The views of the general public on issues of national identity differ significantly from those of many elites. The public, overall, is concerned with physical security but also with societal security, which involves the sustainability--within acceptable conditions for evolution--of existing patterns of language, culture, association, religion and national identity. For many elites, these concerns are secondary to participating in the global economy, supporting international trade and migration, strengthening international institutions, promoting American values abroad, and encouraging minority identities and cultures at home. The central distinction between the public and elites is not isolationism versus internationalism, but nationalism versus cosmopolitanism."