TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Sources and Consequences of National Identification
AU  - Kunovich, Robert M.
PY  - 2009
PB  - SAGE Publications
LA  - eng
AB  - This article examines national identification from a comparative and multilevel perspective. Building on the identity, nationalism, and prejudice literatures, I analyze relationships between societies' economic, political, and cultural characteristics (e.g., development, globalization, democratic governance, militarism, and religious and linguistic diversity), individual characteristics (e.g., socioeconomic status and minority status), and preferences for the content of national identities. I also examine relationships between national identity content and public policy preferences toward immigration, citizenship, assimilation, and foreign policy, generally. I use confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel modeling to analyze country-level data and survey data from 31 countries (from the International Social Survey Program's 2003 National Identity II Module). Results suggest that individual and country characteristics help account for the variable and contested nature of national identification. Moreover, the content of national identity categories has implications for public policy and intergroup relations.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240907400404
DO  - 10.1177/000312240907400404
T2  - American sociological review
VL  - 74
IS  - 4
SN  - 1939-8271
SN  - 0003-1224
SP  - 573-593
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/cr-10.1177/000312240907400404
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -