Political Studies of Multiculturalism; Approach Citizenship Education Towards Strengthening Nationalism of the People of Papua

The politics of multiculturalism is a challenge for the development of the implementation of education which is a vehicle for the achievement of the competencies of citizens. The potential for conflict in multicultural societies is quite large, the phenomenon of conflict is young citizens who are far from the impact of human resource development and others. One effort that can be taken to strengthen nationalism is through education. The purpose of this article is to formulate Citizenship Education in the study of the politics of multiculturalism studies to strengthen the nationalism of the people as Indonesian citizens in the land of Papua. The writing method used is library research and the study of research results on strengthening nationalism through citizenship education and the study of political multiculturalism. The results of this discussion are to direct the younger generation as citizens who have competence “Act locally and think globally”. Competencies that can preserve and maintain the values, culture, and customs of Indonesian citizens, but have a global perspective following the development of the international world that will not forget the value of nationalism related to national independence and unity.