National Identity and Social Cohesion - Paperbackby Nils Holtug (Editor), Eric M. Uslaner (Editor), Francis Fukuyama (Contribution by) National identity plays an increasingly important role in Western, liberal democracies. Thus, immigration and diversity are often considered a threat to national identities and restrictions on immigration and nation building policies are being implemented in response. Specifically, it has been suggested that diversity drives down social cohesion and thus the ties