It may be, for example, that both are effects of a prior common cause. Causal arguments are often wishful thinking, where the speaker is seeking to prove their case, and hopes (as with other fallacies) that their causal assertion is not challenged.
Civic nationalism is a form of Nationalism that aims to accept all current residents of a nation whatever their race, religion or language. Many, though not all, civic nationalists are liberals.
The term civic culture is used to identify the political culture characteristics that explain the stability of a democratic society's political structure. Almond and Verba state that the following are characteristics of a civic culture: 1  Orientation toward political system in both the political and governmental senses.