Citizenship, Ethnicity, and Education in Modern Greece

Citizenship is a concept that is strongly connected to the idea of the nation-state. During the twentieth century, most nation-states used education as one means to homogenize their citizenry and impose linguistic uniformity. Such is the case with Greece where there has also been a critical relationship between citizenship, ethnicity, and education. In recent years, Greece has experienced a large influx of immigrants for whom Greek ethnicity is not always a given. Schools have become one of the areas where attempts have been made to integrate these immigrants into the Greek state. For the most part, these attempts have not been very successful.