How political are national identities? A comparison of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the 2010s
Mader, Matthias and Scotto, Thomas J. and Reifler, Jason and Gries, Peter H. and Isernia, Pierangelo and Schoen, Harald (2018) How political are national identities? A comparison of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the 2010s. Research and Politics. ISSN 2053-1680 (https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018801469)
Preview |
Text.
Filename: Mader_etal_RP_2018_national_identities_a_comparison_of_the_united_states_the_united_kingdom_and_germany.pdf
Final Published Version License: Download (105kB)| Preview |
Abstract
Research demonstrates the multi-dimensional nature of American identity arguing that the normative content of American identity relates to political ideologies in the United States, but the sense of belonging to the nation does not. This paper replicates that analysis and extends it to the German and British cases. Exploratory structural equation modeling attests to cross-cultural validity of measures of the sense of belonging and norms of uncritical loyalty and engagement for positive change. In the 2010s, we find partisanship and ideology in all three nations explains levels of belonging and the two content dimensions. Interestingly, those identifying with major parties of the left and right in all three countries have a higher sense of belonging and uncritical loyalty than their moderate counterparts. The relationship between partisanship, ideology, and national identity seems to wax and wane over time, presumably because elite political discourse linking party or ideology to identity varies from one political moment to the next.
ORCID iDs
Mader, Matthias, Scotto, Thomas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-6821, Reifler, Jason, Gries, Peter H., Isernia, Pierangelo and Schoen, Harald;-
-
Item type: Article ID code: 65494 Dates: DateEvent19 September 2018Published19 September 2018Published Online20 August 2018AcceptedSubjects: Political Science Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 19 Sep 2018 14:39 Last modified: 22 Sep 2024 00:58 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65494