Are all Britons reluctant Europeans? Exploring European identity and attitudes to Europe among British citizens of South Asian ethnicity

Cinnirella, Marco; Hamilton, Saira

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“…This finding is very interesting, given the lack of literature on European identity among young people from ethnic minorities. For example, Cinnirella & Hamilton (2007) discovered that in an overall sample of South Asian minorities in Britain, British national identity prevailed over European identity. However, their results did not show any significant difference for generational effect, which might be due to the small sample size.…”

Section: Discussion and Conclusion 71 European Identitymentioning

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“…Cinnirella & Hamilton (2007) have shown that while the indigenous white British respondents indicated a weaker European identity in comparison to a stronger national identity, the South Asian respondents put ethnic identities in first place, followed by British and European identities respectively.…”

Section: Salience Of European Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the studies by Cinnirella & Hamilton (2007) and Machácek (2012) have pointed out the importance of considering ethnic minorities in the study of Brought to you by | MIT Libraries Authenticated Download Date | 5/11/18 8:05 PM European identity, both are limited to one country and a small sample size. Our paper aims to fill the gap by considering the interplay between different collective identities among minority groups in Europe with a sufficient sample of 6,800 respondents.…”

Section: State Of the Art 21 Managing Multiple Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, with few exceptions the studies have focused exclusively on the majority population disregarding heterogeneous composition of current societies in Europe. Cinnirella & Hamilton (2007) have shed some light on managing multiple identities among ethnic minorities. In their study, the authors discovered a significant difference in identities and attitudes towards the EU between the indigenous white British respondents and the South Asian minority group.…”

Section: State Of the Art 21 Managing Multiple Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The results so far are not uniform and indicate different trends. However, the general inclination of these studies is that national identity tends to be stronger than European identity and in some cases is negatively correlated with it (Cinnirella & Hamilton, 2007;Deutsch, 2006;Kraus, 2008).…”

Section: Introduction and Research Questionmentioning

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European Identity and its Relationship to National and Ethnic Identities among Younger and Older Members of Ethnic Minority Groups

Waechter¹

2014

Slovak Journal of Political Sciences

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European Identity and its Relationship to National and Ethnic Identities among Younger and Older Members of Ethnic Minority Groups. European identity is neither a new phenomenon nor a new concept. Yet, after almost three decades of research, this area is characterized by a wide variety of concepts and little empirical evidence. Existing studies in the area propose homogeneous concepts of societies and often disregard European identity among ethnic minorities and non-citizens. This paper addresses the gap in the literature and analyses European identity among 12 minority groups living in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries that have already become or might become EU members. The purpose of this study is to examine the choice of European identity and attitudes towards Europe in relation to other identities among respondents with an ethnic minority background. The paper addresses this question within the life-course perspective and examines differences in identity levels between the young and older cohorts of minority groups. For our analysis we have used a sample of 6800 members of ethnic minorities living in CEE (ENRIValues and Identities Survey). Our results indicate a stronger level of European orientation among minority young people in comparison to adults. Moreover, the study shows that while young minority cohorts manifest stronger levels of European identity than adults, their levels of national and ethnic identity are significantly lower. While adults consider their national identity to be more salient than European identity, young people give the two equal degrees of importance. At the same time, for both young people and adults, the results illustrate that European identity is compatible with both national and ethnic identities.Key words: identity, ethnic minority, young people, European identity, attitudes towards Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, ENRI-East Európska identita a jej vzťah k národným a národnostným identitám medzi mladšími a staršími príslušníkmi národnostných menšín. Európska identita nie je ani nový fenomén, ani nový koncept. Napriek tomu, po takmer tridsiatich rokoch, charakterizuje túto oblasť množstvo konceptov a málo empirických dôka-zov. Jestvujúce štúdie v tejto oblasti ponúkajú homogénne koncepty spoločností a často neberú do úvahy európsku identitu medzi národnostnými menšinami a cudzincami. Táto štúdia sa zaoberá medzerou v literatúre a analyzuje európsku identitu medzi 12 národnostnými skupinami v krajinách strednej a východnej Európy, ktoré sa už stali alebo mohli by sa stať členmi Európskej únie. Účelom tejto štúdie je preskúmať voľbu európskej identity a postoje k Európe vo vzťahu k iným identitám medzi respondentmi, ktorí majú pôvod v národnostnej menšine. Štúdia sa zaoberá touto otázkou v rámci životnej perspektívy a skúma rozdiely v úrovni identity medzi mladšími a staršími príslušníkmi menšinových skupín. Vo svojej analýze sme použili vzorku z 6 800 príslušníkov národnostných menších žijúcich v strednej a východnej Európe. Naše výsledky naznačujú vyššiu úroveň...

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Section: Discussion and Conclusion 71 European Identitymentioning

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Section: Salience Of European Identitymentioning

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Section: State Of the Art 21 Managing Multiple Identitiesmentioning

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Section: State Of the Art 21 Managing Multiple Identitiesmentioning

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Section: Introduction and Research Questionmentioning

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