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Nationalism and Its Explanations
Author(s) -
Dekker Henk,
Malová Darina,
Hoogendoorn Sander
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/0162-895x.00331
Subject(s) - operationalization , conceptualization , nationalism , state (computer science) , empirical research , test (biology) , psychology , social psychology , sociology , positive economics , social science , political science , epistemology , law , economics , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , algorithm , artificial intelligence , politics , biology
This paper presents new terms for analyzing individuals’ national attitudes and their conceptualization and operationalization, a universal psychological structure in which these concepts interconnect, and a nationalism explanatory model. Three empirical studies using anonymous self‐administered surveys served to test and improve national attitude assessment and its developmental theory. These empirical studies were conducted in a well‐established state (the Netherlands), a recently established state (Slovakia), and a region in which a considerable proportion of citizens are striving to develop a new independent state (the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain).