Country-level variables and imagined national communities within EU-15 countries

  • Antonia María Ruiz Jiménez Departamento de Sociología Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla
  • Elena Ferri Fuentevilla Universidad Pablo de Olavide
  • Luis Navarro Ardoy Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/POSO.50089
Keywords: national identity, cross-national comparison, EU-15, European Values Study, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, categorical regression
Agencies: This paper has been possible within the project “Nacionalismo español, discursos y praxis desde la izquierda (1982-2008)”, ref. CSO2008-01182CPOL, thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Abstract

This study analyses to what extent there are similarities and differences between EU-15 countries with regard to their citizens’ national identities; as well as the influence of country-level variables on identity patterns within clusters of countries.  It uses different quantitative techniques and the European Values Study 2008 data release. First, clusters of countries are formed using identity variables. Next, country-level variables dealing with economic performance, politics, history and ethnic-cultural traits are operationalized and tested through categorical regression and discriminant analysis.  Results confirm that there are clusters of countries with particular configurations of identity patterns and that country-level variables influence identity.

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Antonia María Ruiz Jiménez, Departamento de Sociología Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla

Antonia María Ruiz Jiménez (Málaga, 1971) obtained her Ph D. in Political Science and Administration by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2002. Currently, she is Senior Professor in Sociology at Pablo de Olavide University. Her current research interests include national and European identities, political parties, manifestoes’ and mass media analysis. Among others, she has published in CIS, ROUTLEDGE, REIS, REP, SESP, RECP

 

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Published
2016-11-30
How to Cite
Ruiz Jiménez A. M., Ferri Fuentevilla E. y Navarro Ardoy L. (2016). Country-level variables and imagined national communities within EU-15 countries. Política y Sociedad, 54(1), 271-293. https://doi.org/10.5209/POSO.50089
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Vol. 54 No. 1 (2017): Estudios críticos organizacionales: hacia una repolitización de los nuevos mundos del trabajo
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Miscelaneus

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