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The Democratic Backsliding Debate and the Controversy over Regime Classification in Israel
In: Israel studies review, Volume 39, Issue 1, p. 66-82
ISSN: 2159-0389
Abstract
Using the 2023 controversy over Israel's judicial overhaul as a case, this article analyzes the broader, decades-long debate about the nature of the Israeli regime. It demonstrates how conflicting assumptions about democracy and the Israeli regime underpin different interpretations of the proposed judicial overhaul. The 2023 debate contraposed majoritarian and liberal orientations, echoing previous understandings of Israel as either a liberal democracy or a diminished type of democracy like ethnic democracy. Despite their differences, both positions in this debate regard Israel as a democracy equivalent to other liberal democracies in the West and neglect the question of the regime's borders and its implication for the regime's classification.
National Identity During Covid-19: Evidence from the Vaccinated and the Unvaccinated in Israel
In: Nationalism & ethnic politics, Volume 29, Issue 3, p. 334-351
ISSN: 1557-2986
Testing the National Identity Argument in a Time of Crisis – Evidence from Israel
In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Volume 52, Issue 1, p. 205-221
ISSN: 1465-3923
AbstractThis article explores the national identity argument in unsettled times by using the COVID-19 pandemic as a test case. It uses a longitudinal survey among Jewish Israelis to examine whether the pandemic influenced levels of national identity and solidarity and whether it altered their relationship. The findings indicate a clear reduction in levels of solidarity, national attachment, and national chauvinism over time. They also show that the positive connection between national attachment and solidarity grew stronger, while the connection between national chauvinism and solidarity became weaker and insignificant. These findings provide complex evidence for the national identity argument.
National Identity and Public Attitudes Toward the World Health Organization
In: International journal of public opinion research, Volume 35, Issue 1
ISSN: 1471-6909
AbstractThis article examines whether assumptions about the contradiction between national identity and support for international organizations are reflected in public support of the World Health Organization (WHO). Study 1 uses a comparative multilevel analysis to examine the link between national identification and confidence in the WHO as well as the influence of globalization on these attitudes. Study 2, which is based on a panel survey in Israel, explores whether attitudes toward the WHO have changed over time and under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether relations between national identification, national chauvinism, and perceptions of the WHO have also changed. Overall, the findings indicate that there is no clear-cut contradiction between national identity and public support for the WHO.
State of Nationalism (SoN): Nationalism and Globalization
In: Studies on national movements, Volume 8, Issue 1
ISSN: 2295-1466
Living the past? Do historical legacies moderate the relationship between national chauvinism/cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants
In: International journal of comparative sociology: IJCS, Volume 65, Issue 2, p. 112-134
ISSN: 1745-2554
This study seeks to understand how national chauvinism and cultural patriotism are related to xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants. It does this by examining the extent to which historical legacy, in terms of geopolitical threats and national identity, moderates this relationship. A multilevel analysis across 24 European countries combines measures of national chauvinism, cultural patriotism, and xenophobic attitudes at the individual level with historical data, the geopolitical threat scale, and the national identity longevity index at the country level. Findings demonstrate that, according to these measures, historical legacies of threats and conflicts do not have an interaction effect, but the longevity of national identity moderates the relationship between national chauvinism/cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes. That is, in countries with greater national identity longevity, the positive relations between national chauvinism and xenophobic attitudes are weaker, but the negative relations between cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes are stronger. These findings contribute to the understanding of national identity by suggesting how it is related to a nation's historical legacy.
Measuring dimensions of national identity across countries: theoretical and methodological reflections
In: National identities, Volume 22, Issue 3, p. 265-282
ISSN: 1469-9907
National Days, National Identity, and Collective Memory: Exploring the Impact of Holocaust Day in Israel
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 6, p. 1391-1406
ISSN: 1467-9221
This study uses the case of Holocaust Day in Israel to examine the premise that national days impact national identity and collective memory. Specifically, the study examines whether a very unique type of national day—Holocaust Day—impacts national identification, nationalism, and collective memory in the form of Israeli Jews' perceptions of the "lessons" of the Holocaust. This study uses panel survey design data on national identity and perceptions of the Holocaust's lessons from the same sample of Israeli Jews (N = 665) collected two months prior to Holocaust Day and again during and after Holocaust Day. During and after Holocaust Day, respondents expressed increased levels of nationalism and more perceptions of both particularistic and universalistic Holocaust lessons. Participation in Holocaust Day practices had a stronger relationship with nationalism and national identification during Holocaust Day than before but a weaker relationship with the perception of a universalistic lesson during Holocaust Day. These findings indicate that Holocaust Day impacts national identity and collective memory and highlights the multifaceted nature of the relationships between national identity, collective memory, and national days. The theoretical implication of the findings as well as the case comparability are discussed in light of the findings.
Collective memory and attitudes toward asylum seekers: evidence from Israel
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 47, Issue 5, p. 1084-1102
ISSN: 1469-9451
The burden of history(?): Remembering the Holocaust and Attitudes toward Asylum Seekers in Israel
Two connected studies examine how universalist and particularist views of the Holocaust influence Israeli Jews' attitudes toward asylum seekers. Study 1 (N = 500) investigated the degree to which universalist and particularist perceptions of the "lessons" of the Holocaust correlate with exclusionist views toward asylum seekers. It was found that a universalist perception of the "lessons" of the Holocaust was negatively related to exclusionist attitudes, and a particularist perception positively related to exclusionist attitudes—even after controlling for religiosity and political affiliation. Study 2 comprised three survey experiments (N = 298, 280, and 320, respectively) investigating whether presentation of universalist versus particularist texts about the Holocaust would impact exclusionist attitudes. It was found that exposure to a universalist text reduced negative attitudes toward asylum seekers and increased support for treating wounded Syrians in Israeli hospitals. Exposure to a particularist did not increase exclusionist attitudes.
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Evaluations of patriotism across countries, groups, and policy domains
In: Journal of ethnic and migration studies: JEMS, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 462-481
ISSN: 1469-9451
Why does patriotism prevail? Contextual explanations of patriotism across countries
In: Identities: global studies in culture and power, Volume 24, Issue 3, p. 351-377
ISSN: 1547-3384
Globalization and global identification: a comparative multilevel analysis
In: National identities, Volume 20, Issue 2, p. 125-141
ISSN: 1469-9907
Does National Identification Always Lead to Chauvinism? A Cross-national Analysis of Contextual Explanations
In: Globalizations, Volume 13, Issue 4, p. 377-395
ISSN: 1474-774X