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Living the past? Do historical legacies moderate the relationship between national chauvinism/cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants.
| Title: | Living the past? Do historical legacies moderate the relationship between national chauvinism/cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants. |
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| Authors: | Ariely, Gal |
| Source: | International Journal of Comparative Sociology (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Apr2024, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p112-134, 23p |
| Abstract: | This study seeks to understand how national chauvinism and cultural patriotism are related to xenophobic attitudes toward immigrants. It does this by examining the extent to which historical legacy, in terms of geopolitical threats and national identity, moderates this relationship. A multilevel analysis across 24 European countries combines measures of national chauvinism, cultural patriotism, and xenophobic attitudes at the individual level with historical data, the geopolitical threat scale, and the national identity longevity index at the country level. Findings demonstrate that, according to these measures, historical legacies of threats and conflicts do not have an interaction effect, but the longevity of national identity moderates the relationship between national chauvinism/cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes. That is, in countries with greater national identity longevity, the positive relations between national chauvinism and xenophobic attitudes are weaker, but the negative relations between cultural patriotism and xenophobic attitudes are stronger. These findings contribute to the understanding of national identity by suggesting how it is related to a nation's historical legacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | CHAUVINISM & jingoism, PATRIOTISM, XENOPHOBIA, IMMIGRANTS, NATIONALISM |
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| ISSN: | 00207152 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00207152211061596 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |