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National identification: a multidimensional scale based on a three‐country study
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Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie Arbeitsbereich Makrosoziologie
Abstract "We develop and test a multidimensional scale measuring national identification. Drawing on the extant literature on nations and national identity, we propose national identification as an understanding of how individuals subjectively and dynamically relate to different characteristics of nations th... view more
"We develop and test a multidimensional scale measuring national identification. Drawing on the extant literature on nations and national identity, we propose national identification as an understanding of how individuals subjectively and dynamically relate to different characteristics of nations that we operationalize as the dimensions of symbolic, civic, and solidary identification. We discuss the development of a number of questionnaire items representing each of these dimensions and report results of various validity and reliability tests using data from three surveys we conducted in England, Germany, and Poland. Results in general confirm the three-dimensional structure of the overall construct while at the same time suggesting country-specific adaptations to the scale." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
identification; national identity; social construction; solidarity; symbol; cultural factors; Great Britain; Poland; Federal Republic of Germany; multidimensional scaling; scale construction
Classification
Social Psychology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
32 p.
Series
Berliner Studien zur Soziologie Europas / Berlin Studies on the Sociology of Europe (BSSE), 29
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications