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What Is Integration?: I. Brings Political Stability

National integration plays a vital role in achieving development by uniting a heterogeneous society. It promotes political stability, economic development, and justice while eliminating inequality. National integration can be achieved through policies like assimilation, unity in diversity, quality education, media participation, and strong leadership. It transforms a society into a united nation and is essential for development.

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What Is Integration?: I. Brings Political Stability

National integration plays a vital role in achieving development by uniting a heterogeneous society. It promotes political stability, economic development, and justice while eliminating inequality. National integration can be achieved through policies like assimilation, unity in diversity, quality education, media participation, and strong leadership. It transforms a society into a united nation and is essential for development.

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Integration is the most pressing need of all societies as it plays a

vital role in achieving the dream of development. The more a


society is integrated, the more it would be developed. As a great
unifying factor, it is the national integration that transforms a
heterogeneous society into a strong, united nation.
National Integration proves to be a great help in social, economic and political development. It advocates
political stability and economic development, creates a sense of loyalty, eradicates corruption, promotes
justice and eliminates inequality. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that national integration is the oxygen
for a society, without which a society cannot survive. National integration can be achieved through
assimilation policy and through unity in diversity. In addition, quality education, media, mass participation
and, last but not least, a charismatic leadership can play a highly constructive role in this regard.

What is integration?
The literal meaning of integration is, when discrete parts are united as a single whole or when scattered
parts of anything are united and transformed into a single entity. In political context, however, integration is
a process through which different groups and classes are united into one community which represents itself
as one nation.

Concept of national integration


There are four types of integration i.e. territorial integration, national integration, valued integration and
mass-elite integration. However, national integration is the most important of them. It is the superlative form
of integration because when a society becomes integrated, it means it has achieved other three types of
integration. Thus, it can be said that integration and national integration are synonymous.

For national integration, socially, culturally and ideologically different people give up their parochial identities
and create one national identity. In spite of all the differences, they stand and act as one unit.
Role in different spheres
National integration plays a pivotal role in nation-building and development. It gives real shape to the
society. It moulds social, political, economic and ideological aspects of the society. The role of national
integration in a nation’s uplifting and development can be summarized on the following:

i. Brings political stability


Political stability is a sine qua non for development. The more a country is politically stable, the more it is
developed. One of the most important roles of national integration is to create political stability. In political
process, it acts as a stabilizer. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in ensuring smoothness and transparency
in political processes.

ii. Promotes economic activity


The constructive role of national integration is not limited only to political aspect rather it impacts the
economic aspect as well. It helps a great deal in boosting economic activities of a country. Political stability
and economic development go hand in hand and it is said that a politically-stable country marches on the
path to economic prosperity. A politically-stable country attracts more foreign investment which enhances
economic activities in the country. In this way, national integration opens doors for economic development
which is a prerequisite for nation-building and development.

iii. Creates great sense of loyalty


The beauty of national integration lies in the citizens’ loyalty to the state. It creates great sense of loyalty in
the people by inculcating the true spirit of devotion in them. They abide by the law and remain loyal to the
state. This devotion is only possible through national integration.

iv. Eradicates corruption


Corruption, no doubt, is the root cause of all evils. It creates political instability, economic disparity and all
other social ills. In the eradication of this menace, national integration plays a decisive role.

v. Advocates for justice


Justice is the absolute need of the society. Political stability, economic development, loyal citizens and
minimal corruption are the hallmarks of a just society. In this context, national integration is the vital source
to let justice prevail.

vi. Eliminates inequality


Where justice lives inequality dies. Justice is the enemy of inequality. In this way, national integration
nurtures justice which ultimately eliminates inequality.

5. How to achieve national integration?


i. Assimilation policy
One way to achieve national integration is the assimilation policy. Assimilation is done through imposing
the culture of majority over minority and by eliminating the parochial identities in such a way that with the
passage of time the minority groups adopt the culture of majority groups. For instance, in America, the state
imposed the American popular culture on the entire people in a process known as “Americanization”.

ii. Unity in diversity


National integration can be achieved through diversity. Without eliminating parochial identities, national
integration cannot be achieved. There are different forums and modules but federalism is the best example
through which national integration can be achieved. Federalism is the great unifying factor for a
heterogeneous society.

iii. Quality education


Nelson Mandela says, “Education is the most powerful weapon through which you can change the world.”
In this way, national integration can be gained through imparting quality education. According to Plato, all
the people of the state should have same education system. Furthermore, he says that uniform education
system can bring unity in the state.

iv. Role of media


In today’s world, media is the most powerful and influential institution. Therefore, it is considered the fourth
pillar of democracy, or for that purpose, of society. Media can play a constructive role in the promotion of
national integration. They can promote such events, programmes and views which can bring the society on
one page.

v. Mass participation
Deprivation and frustration pop up when people are not allowed to freely participate in the political, social
and economic activities. This leads to disintegration of the society. Thus, to achieve national integration,
people’s participation in all societal activities is more than necessary.

vi. Charismatic Leader


Last but not least, a charismatic leader can play a crucial role in national integration. Leader is the driver of
vehicle of the nation. A farsighted and intellectual leader brings the nation under the umbrella of national
integration.
Concluding remarks
To conclude the whole discussion, it can be said that national integration plays a very productive role in the
nation-building and development. It opens the doors for social, political and economic prosperity. Moreover,
it transforms a dejected society into a fortunate one. In short, without national integration, a society is
nothing but anarchy and chaos. In order to achieve national integration, the above-mentioned strategies
can be of crucial import.

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