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Components of national identities - a comparative sociological analysis

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The article presents the results of an analysis of attitudes towards the importance of components of national identity - cultural, ascriptive and civic based on data collected from a survey conducted in seventeen European countries. Differences in identity formation between countries with specific historical legacies (democratic traditions, dominant religious denomination, and ethnic composition) and structural characteristics (GDP per capita, level of urbanization, migration rate, and tertiary education attainment rate) are analysed, as well as the significance of different individual predictors (gender, age and university education). The main hypothesis, that modernization processes influence the strengthening of the civic component, as well as the weakening of ascriptive and cultural components, was confirmed. However, the results suggest that the modernizing effects of the examined factors (economic, cultural and political) are visible only up to a certain level of development, whe...reupon they tend to decrease their influence. The strongest influence on the strength of civic components is recorded for an economic factor - GDP per capita. Although civic components proved to be dominant in shaping the national identities across the examined countries, the other two traits - ascriptive and cultural - do not disappear, testifying to the still hybrid nature of national identity.

Keywords:
National identity / modernization / comparative research / ascriptive/cultural/civic basis
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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2016, 7, 1, 27-49
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  • Corvinus Univ Budapest, Doctoral Sch Sociology, Budapest

DOI: 10.14267/CJSSP.2016.01.02

ISSN: 2061-5558

WoS: 000381554100002

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85024406157
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Lazić, M.,& Pešić, J.. (2016). Components of national identities - a comparative sociological analysis. in Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Corvinus Univ Budapest, Doctoral Sch Sociology, Budapest., 7(1), 27-49.
https://doi.org/10.14267/CJSSP.2016.01.02
Lazić M, Pešić J. Components of national identities - a comparative sociological analysis. in Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 2016;7(1):27-49.
doi:10.14267/CJSSP.2016.01.02 .
Lazić, Mladen, Pešić, Jelena, "Components of national identities - a comparative sociological analysis" in Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 7, no. 1 (2016):27-49,
https://doi.org/10.14267/CJSSP.2016.01.02 . .

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