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National Identity in a United Germany: Nationalism or Patriotism? An Empirical Test With Representative Data

National Identity in a United Germany: Nationalism or Patriotism? An Empirical Test With... Nationalism and patriotism can be thought of as consequences of national identity that represent positive evaluations of one's own group but imply different social goals. This paper investigates the ways in which these concepts are related to attitudes toward minorities. The data analyzed were drawn from a representative sample of residents of the former East and West Germany who responded to items on the national identity of Germans in 1996 as part of a panel study. A model with multiple indicators was tested via a multiple‐group analysis of a structural equations model followed by latent class analyses. Both East and West Germans displayed attitudinal patterns that link national identity with tolerance toward others; in both subsamples, nationalism and patriotism were respectively associated with greater intolerance and greater tolerance toward minorities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Political Psychology Wiley

National Identity in a United Germany: Nationalism or Patriotism? An Empirical Test With Representative Data

Political Psychology , Volume 24 (2) – Jan 1, 2003

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Wiley
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ISSN
0162-895X
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1467-9221
DOI
10.1111/0162-895X.00329
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Abstract

Nationalism and patriotism can be thought of as consequences of national identity that represent positive evaluations of one's own group but imply different social goals. This paper investigates the ways in which these concepts are related to attitudes toward minorities. The data analyzed were drawn from a representative sample of residents of the former East and West Germany who responded to items on the national identity of Germans in 1996 as part of a panel study. A model with multiple indicators was tested via a multiple‐group analysis of a structural equations model followed by latent class analyses. Both East and West Germans displayed attitudinal patterns that link national identity with tolerance toward others; in both subsamples, nationalism and patriotism were respectively associated with greater intolerance and greater tolerance toward minorities.

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Political PsychologyWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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