Full Idea
Some states have a number of different ethnic or tribal groups. Often these attachments are much stronger than the attachment people feel towards the state.
Gist of Idea
People often have greater attachment to ethnic or tribal groups than to the state
Source
Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 6 'Membership')
A Reaction
In Britain I fine people torn between attachments to the UK and to England or Wales or Scotland or NI. Attachments to football clubs are much stronger than most patriotism. Or attachment to a particular locality. Does it matter?
Book Reference
Tuckness,A / Wolf,C: 'This is Political Philosophy' [Wiley Blackwell 2017], p.152