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Globalisation and the decline of national identity? An exploration across sixty‐three countries
Author(s) -
Ariely Gal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00532.x
Subject(s) - globalization , patriotism , national identity , nationalism , world values survey , identity (music) , ethnic group , political science , feeling , survey data collection , political economy , sociology , development economics , social psychology , psychology , politics , law , economics , statistics , physics , mathematics , acoustics
The relationship between globalisation and national identity is puzzling. While some observers have found that globalisation reduces people's identification with their nation, others have reached the opposite conclusion. This article explores this conundrum by examining the relationship between globalisation and people's feelings towards national identity. Using data from the International Social Survey Program National Identity II ([, 2003]) and the World Values Survey ([, 2005]), it analyses these relations across sixty‐three countries. Employing a multilevel approach, it investigates how a country's level of globalisation is related to its public perceptions towards different dimensions of national identity. The results suggest that a country's level of globalisation is not related to national identification or nationalism but it is related negatively to patriotism, the willingness to fight for the country and ethnic conceptions of membership in the nation. An examination of alternative explanations indicates that globalisation has a distinct impact on national identity.