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David Mccrone - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Nationality and National Identity
The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics, 2020Co-Authors: David MccroneAbstract:This chapter focuses on different ways of measuring National Identity, and examines the relationship between politics and National Identity since the late 1990s. It concludes that this relationship is correlative rather than causal. Focusing on elections at Scottish and British levels, as well as the Independence referendum of 2014 and the Brexit referendum in 2016, it is clear that there is no simple relationship between ‘politics’ and National Identity, which is best understood as a prism through which politics is refracted. The point is that ‘politics’ is not a passive process, simply the expression of social and cultural attitudes; nor does politics, in turn, determine such attitudes. Whilst in recent years there has been a tightening up of the relationship between politics and National Identity—voting ‘Yes’ in 2014, for example, was strongly associated with ‘being Scottish’—these remain relatively autonomous. National Identity is best thought of as a cultural prism through which ‘politics’ is interpreted, and helps to explain why political behaviour in Scotland and England has diverged in the last thirty years.
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Understanding National Identity
2015Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about National Identity 2. Accessing National Identity 3. National Identity: do people care about it? 4. Debatable lands: National identities on the border 5. Claiming National Identity 6. The politics of National Identity 7. The notional other: ethnicity and National Identity 8. A manner of speaking: the end of being British? 9. Whither National Identity? Appendix. National Identity publications.
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Choosing National Identity
Sociological Research Online, 2010Co-Authors: Frank Bechhofer, David MccroneAbstract:This paper examines National Identity in England and Scotland, arguing that it is necessary to understand how people construe it instead of simply assuming that it is constructed from above by the state. It adds to qualitative data on this issue by discussing recent survey data, from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, in which for the first time people are asked about their reasons for making a specific choice of National Identity. In so doing it fleshes out the responses given to a well known survey question (the so-called 'Moreno' question) providing a greater understanding of what a large sample of people are saying when they make these territorial Identity choices. The English and the Scots handle 'National' and 'state' identities differently, but the paper shows there is considerable similarity as regards reasons for choosing National Identity. Both English and Scottish 'Nationals', those placing greater weight on their 'National' as opposed to their 'state' identities, choose to do so mainly for cultural and institutional reasons. They are not making a 'political' statement about the breakup of Britain. At the British end of the scale, there are patterns in the English data which throw into doubt easy assertions about 'being British'. Simply assuming, as some politicians and commentators do, that 'British' has singular meanings is unfounded. The future of the United Kingdom as presently constituted may lie in the hands of those who describe themselves as equally National (English or Scottish) and British. Devolution influences which National Identity people choose in all three sets of National Identity categories but these effects are sociologically most interesting in this group. Devolution seems to have encouraged them to stress the equality of the two nations in the British state, recognising that they are equal partners, that one can be equally proud of a National and a British Identity, and that it is not necessary to choose one over the other.
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Claiming National Identity
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Using data from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, this article examines the willingness of people living and born in England and Scotland to accept or reject claims to National Identity made by those living in but not born in the appropriate territory. It compares the way claims employing key markers, notably birthplace, accent, parentage, and 'race' are received in the two countries. It is a significant finding that the results for the two countries do not differ greatly. National Identity, thinking of oneself as 'exclusively National', is the critical criterion explaining the extent to which respondents reject claims, while there is a modest educational effect, if the respondent does not have a university degree. National Identity is not to be equated with citizenship but involves cultural markers of birth, ancestry, and accent as well as residence. Understanding how people identify and use markers of National Identity is not as straightforward as politicians in particular believe and imply.
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Claiming National Identity
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Abstract Using data from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, this article examines the willingness of people living and born in England and Scotland to accept or reject claims to National Identity made by those living in but not born in the appropriate territory. It compares the way claims employing key markers, notably birthplace, accent, parentage and ‘race’ are received in the two countries. It is a significant finding that the results for the two countries do not differ greatly. National Identity, thinking of oneself as ‘exclusively National’, is the critical criterion explaining the extent to which respondents reject claims, while there is a modest educational effect if the respondent does not have a university degree. National Identity is not to be equated with citizenship but involves cultural markers of birth, ancestry and accent as well as residence. Understanding how people identify and use markers of National Identity is not as straightforward as politicians in particular be...
Frank Bechhofer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding National Identity
2015Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Preface Introduction 1. Thinking about National Identity 2. Accessing National Identity 3. National Identity: do people care about it? 4. Debatable lands: National identities on the border 5. Claiming National Identity 6. The politics of National Identity 7. The notional other: ethnicity and National Identity 8. A manner of speaking: the end of being British? 9. Whither National Identity? Appendix. National Identity publications.
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Choosing National Identity
Sociological Research Online, 2010Co-Authors: Frank Bechhofer, David MccroneAbstract:This paper examines National Identity in England and Scotland, arguing that it is necessary to understand how people construe it instead of simply assuming that it is constructed from above by the state. It adds to qualitative data on this issue by discussing recent survey data, from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, in which for the first time people are asked about their reasons for making a specific choice of National Identity. In so doing it fleshes out the responses given to a well known survey question (the so-called 'Moreno' question) providing a greater understanding of what a large sample of people are saying when they make these territorial Identity choices. The English and the Scots handle 'National' and 'state' identities differently, but the paper shows there is considerable similarity as regards reasons for choosing National Identity. Both English and Scottish 'Nationals', those placing greater weight on their 'National' as opposed to their 'state' identities, choose to do so mainly for cultural and institutional reasons. They are not making a 'political' statement about the breakup of Britain. At the British end of the scale, there are patterns in the English data which throw into doubt easy assertions about 'being British'. Simply assuming, as some politicians and commentators do, that 'British' has singular meanings is unfounded. The future of the United Kingdom as presently constituted may lie in the hands of those who describe themselves as equally National (English or Scottish) and British. Devolution influences which National Identity people choose in all three sets of National Identity categories but these effects are sociologically most interesting in this group. Devolution seems to have encouraged them to stress the equality of the two nations in the British state, recognising that they are equal partners, that one can be equally proud of a National and a British Identity, and that it is not necessary to choose one over the other.
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Claiming National Identity
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Using data from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, this article examines the willingness of people living and born in England and Scotland to accept or reject claims to National Identity made by those living in but not born in the appropriate territory. It compares the way claims employing key markers, notably birthplace, accent, parentage, and 'race' are received in the two countries. It is a significant finding that the results for the two countries do not differ greatly. National Identity, thinking of oneself as 'exclusively National', is the critical criterion explaining the extent to which respondents reject claims, while there is a modest educational effect, if the respondent does not have a university degree. National Identity is not to be equated with citizenship but involves cultural markers of birth, ancestry, and accent as well as residence. Understanding how people identify and use markers of National Identity is not as straightforward as politicians in particular believe and imply.
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Claiming National Identity
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010Co-Authors: David Mccrone, Frank BechhoferAbstract:Abstract Using data from the British and Scottish Social Attitudes surveys 2006, this article examines the willingness of people living and born in England and Scotland to accept or reject claims to National Identity made by those living in but not born in the appropriate territory. It compares the way claims employing key markers, notably birthplace, accent, parentage and ‘race’ are received in the two countries. It is a significant finding that the results for the two countries do not differ greatly. National Identity, thinking of oneself as ‘exclusively National’, is the critical criterion explaining the extent to which respondents reject claims, while there is a modest educational effect if the respondent does not have a university degree. National Identity is not to be equated with citizenship but involves cultural markers of birth, ancestry and accent as well as residence. Understanding how people identify and use markers of National Identity is not as straightforward as politicians in particular be...
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National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change - National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change
National Identity Nationalism and Constitutional Change, 2009Co-Authors: Frank Bechhofer, David MccroneAbstract:Why write a book about National Identity, and especially one about National Identity in the context of constitutional change? National Identity is one of the most basic social identities; it is also, in Michael Billig’s term, banal. Most people in Western societies at least, hardly give it a second thought, not because it is unimportant, but because, quite literally, it comes with the territory. Being a ‘citizen’ makes you French, Spanish, Canadian, while some in these societies see their ‘National Identity’ differently, as Breton, Catalan or Quebecois. But who are the British? We live in a state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to give it its full title, which makes us ‘British’. That is what it says on our passports.
Matthias Opfinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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National Identity and Religious Diversity
Kyklos, 2014Co-Authors: Kenneth Harttgen, Matthias OpfingerAbstract:We construct an index for National Identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples' affection towards the nation. We then analyze the relationship between National Identity and religious diversity. The results show that religious diversity is significantly and negatively related to National Identity. We also find support for the previous finding that ethnic diversity does not seem to be related to National Identity. Democratic institutions and mobility throughout the country are positively related to National Identity if religious diversity is sufficiently high. Democratic institutions can overcome the negative effect of religious diversity on National Identity.
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National Identity and Religious Diversity
Research Papers in Economics, 2012Co-Authors: Kenneth Harttgen, Matthias OpfingerAbstract:We construct a simple index for National Identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples’ attitudes towards the nation. We then analyze the relationship between National Identity and religious diversity. The results show that religious diversity is significantly and negatively related to National Identity. We also find support for the previous finding that ethnic diversity does not seem to be related to National Identity. Apparently, religious diversity and the feeling of heterogeneity that goes along with it prevents people from forming a common Identity. Besides, our results indicate that there is a negative correlation between National Identity and the level of income. The prevention of discrimination against minority groups follows as an important policy advice.
Michael Clancy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Re-presenting Ireland: tourism, branding and National Identity in Ireland
Journal of International Relations and Development, 2011Co-Authors: Michael ClancyAbstract:This article examines sources of National Identity formation under rapidly changing social and economic conditions. Specifically, it links constructivist notions of National Identity formation and reformulation to the growing practice of nation branding. Following a discussion of the contributions of constructivism to the literature on National Identity, the article summarises the emergence of nation branding as a contemporary strategy to promote a particular image of the nation to a specific audience. While that audience was once confined to political and economic elites, it has broadened in recent years to include potential tourists, diaspora communities and even one's own citizens. The case study of tourism branding in Ireland demonstrates that while the branding message often differs from reality, its content constitutes a powerful tool for the state in reinforcing a particular notion of National Identity.
Diana Piontkovska - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Psychological support of students with National Identity transformations
Polish Journal of Public Health, 2019Co-Authors: Liubov Spivak, Diana PiontkovskaAbstract:Abstract Introduction. The research of the development of National Identity of student’s youth is important for a deeper understanding of the factors of psychological security preservation, stability of nations and psychological health of their representatives. The recent intensification of globalisation, integration and migration processes in the European space makes especially relevant the problem of development of positive National Identity among its youth citizens and the correction of transformations in this process. Therefore, the development of effective psychological support of student’s youth with transformed National Identity is necessary. Aim. The article aims at conducting theoretical and empirical research of transformed types of National Identity among students of higher educational institutions displaying National hypoIdentity (National nihilism), National indifference or National hyperIdentity (National egoism, National isolationism, National fanaticism); as well as at developing and organising their psychological support. Material and methods. The study involved full-time first – fourth year students of higher education institutions from different regions of Ukraine who ensured the representativeness of sample. The age range of 17-21 to which the respondents belong is sensitive regarding the development of National Identity. To reveal the type of students’ National Identity, psychodiagnostic methods (“Types of ethnic Identity” by G. Soldatova, S. Ryzhova) and methods of assessing the positivity and uncertainty of ethnic Identity were applied (by A. Tatarko, N. Lebedeva), and methods of mathematical statistics were applied to assess the obtained data. Results. Empirical research of 309 students of higher educational institutions demonstrated that 53 students had the transformed types of National Identity that required correction in the process of organised psychological support. After all, the transformations of National Identity primarily threaten the psychological health of the personality. Discussion. Psychological support of students with National Identity transformations (National hypoIdentity, National indifference and National hyperIdentity) should be directed towards the development of their positive National Identity. To do this, such support should be organised separately for students with National hypoIdentity and National indifference promoting the development of their positive attitude towards the representatives of their nation, and for students with National hyperIdentity promoting the development of their tolerant attitude towards the representatives of other nations. Conclusion. Most students of higher educational institutions develop positive National Identity (norm). A small number of students have deviations from the norm displaying the transformation of their National Identity. The main purpose of psychological support of students with National Identity transformations is the development of positive National Identity.
