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%T Conceptions of National Identity and Ambivalence towards Immigration %A Lindstam, Emmy %A Mader, Matthias %A Schoen, Harald %J British Journal of Political Science %N 1 %P 93-114 %V 51 %D 2021 %K 2015 YouGov data; 2016 German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) data %@ 1469-2112 %~ FDB %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-77665-5 %X National identities are often conceived of as factors that lend structure and stability to citizens’ political opinions on issues such as immigration. While citizens who define national membership in ethno-cultural terms are less likely to support immigration, those with a civic conception are more likely to do so. The authors propose that defining national identity along both ethno-cultural and civic lines may give rise to conflicting considerations, leading people to experience ambivalence, implying that national identities may serve less as a stabilizing force than suggested by previous research. Findings from heterogeneous choice models and a unique survey experiment show that German citizens with mixed conceptions of national identity had more variable and more malleable opinions than individuals with ideal-type conceptions during the 2015/2016 European refugee crisis. The findings point to an identity-based source of ambivalence and extend current understandings of how people form attitudes towards immigration. %C GBR %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info