Identities in between: political conflict and ethnonational identities in multicultural states
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- dc.contributor.author Hierro, María José
- dc.contributor.author Gallego Dobón, Aina
- dc.date.accessioned 2019-10-22T07:45:51Z
- dc.date.available 2019-10-22T07:45:51Z
- dc.date.issued 2018
- dc.description Supplemental material files: supporting information: online appendix; replication file
- dc.description.abstract This article examines how political conflict shapes ethnonational identities in contexts where a national group coexists with territorially concentrated ethnic minorities and qualifies the view that conflict polarizes identities. An often overlooked fact is that large numbers of citizens in these contexts identify simultaneously with both groups. Based on the research about cross-pressures, we claim that dual identifiers react differently to conflict than exclusive identifiers. We predict that political disputes harden and polarize identities, but only among citizens at the extremes. Heightened conflict should not alter the identity of dual identifiers, but lead them to withdraw from politics. The setting of our study is Catalonia, a territory with numerous dual identifiers and an intense nonviolent political conflict. Results from two survey experiments, qualitative interviews, and public opinion surveys confirm that heightened political conflict only produces polarization at the extremes, but dual identifiers do not exhibit this reaction. Our findings have implications for policy interventions, as they suggest that strengthening dual identities may assuage the polarizing effects of conflict.
- dc.description.sponsorship The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement n° 334054 (PCIG12-GA-2012-334054) and from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) under the CSO2010-1853 (2010-2013) grant.
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- dc.identifier.citation Hierro MJ, Gallego A. Identities in between: political conflict and ethnonational identities in multicultural states. J Confl Resolut. 2018;62(6):1314-39. DOI: 10.1177/0022002716682593
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002716682593
- dc.identifier.issn 0022-0027
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/42478
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher SAGE Publications
- dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2018;62(6):1314-39
- dc.relation.isreferencedby https://doi.org/10.25384/SAGE.6814907.v1
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/334054
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/CSO2010-18534
- dc.rights Hierro MJ, Gallego A., Identities in between: political conflict and ethnonational identities in multicultural states, Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2018;62(6) pp. 1314-39. Copyright © 2018 SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/0022002716682593
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- dc.subject.keyword Conflict
- dc.subject.keyword Democratic institutions
- dc.subject.keyword Polarization
- dc.subject.keyword Dual identities
- dc.title Identities in between: political conflict and ethnonational identities in multicultural states
- dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion