On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three-factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism
- The nationalism-patriotism distinction is one of the most influential distinctions in the field of political psychology. While frequently used, the distinction suffers from a number of shortcomings that have hitherto been devoted little attention to. This dissertation aims to contribute to fill this research gap by systematically addressing these pitfalls. Notably, it does not abandon the binary distinction as such, but aims to further refine it. Thoroughly revisiting the nationalism-patriotism distinction, it synthesises the field's two predominant research traditions, i.e. the work of Kosterman and Feshbach (1989) in the U.S. and the one of Blank and Schmidt (2003) in Germany, that have not been brought into dialogue. In so doing, and engaging with research on attachment, it calls for a more nuanced triad of attachments: nationalism, that revolves around the nation; patriotism, that refers to the homeland; and democratic patriotism with democracy as its object of attachment. In line with this triad, it introduces a novelThe nationalism-patriotism distinction is one of the most influential distinctions in the field of political psychology. While frequently used, the distinction suffers from a number of shortcomings that have hitherto been devoted little attention to. This dissertation aims to contribute to fill this research gap by systematically addressing these pitfalls. Notably, it does not abandon the binary distinction as such, but aims to further refine it. Thoroughly revisiting the nationalism-patriotism distinction, it synthesises the field's two predominant research traditions, i.e. the work of Kosterman and Feshbach (1989) in the U.S. and the one of Blank and Schmidt (2003) in Germany, that have not been brought into dialogue. In so doing, and engaging with research on attachment, it calls for a more nuanced triad of attachments: nationalism, that revolves around the nation; patriotism, that refers to the homeland; and democratic patriotism with democracy as its object of attachment. In line with this triad, it introduces a novel three-factor measurement model that has been validated in three studies in Germany. Overall, the dissertation underlines the need to approach ambiguous and complex concepts such as nationalism and patriotism in a more theoretically consistent way before operationalizing them in a rigorous manner.…
Author: | Marlene MußotterORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-13781 |
Subtitle (English): | revisiting the nationalism-patriotism distinction |
Advisor: | Horst-Alfred Heinrich, Eldad Davidov, Peter Schmidt |
Document Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2023 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2024/01/17 |
Date of first Publication: | 2024/01/17 |
Publishing Institution: | Universität Passau |
Granting Institution: | Universität Passau, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät |
Date of final exam: | 2023/12/15 |
Release Date: | 2024/01/17 |
Tag: | Demokratie; Identität; Nation; Nationalismus; Patriotismus |
Page Number: | 100, ca. 100 ungezählte Seiten |
Institutes: | Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |