Ideology and national identity in post-communist foreign policies

Fawn, Rick

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“…After the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU, the EU has become the most important significant other against which Czech national identity has been constructed (Esparza, 2010). Nonetheless, for many Czechs accession to the EU meant the finalization of their 'return to Europe' where they naturally-culturally, geographically, historically and politically-belong (Fawn, 2003a;Vlachová & Ř eháková, 2009;Esparza, 2010).…”

Section: Czech National Identity and Ethnic Exclusionismmentioning

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National Identity and the Interplay between National Pride and Ethnic Exclusionism: The Exceptional Case of the Czech Republic

Dražanová

2014

Ethnopolitics

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This article focuses on national identity in post-communist Czech Republic. It empirically analyses attitudes of national pride and ethnic exclusionism and their interrelations in the years 1995 and 2003. Comparative studies dealing with national identity usually refer to the Czech Republic as an exceptional case. By focusing on the Czech case, this study contributes to a better understanding of local variations of concepts such as national pride and ethnic exclusionism. Confirmatory factor analysis is used to establish the multidimensionality of national pride and ethnic exclusionism in the Czech Republic at two time points. The interrelationships between different dimensions of national pride and of ethnic exclusionism are analysed using structural equation modelling. Data are drawn from the International Social Survey Programme National Identity Modules 1995 and 2003. Following empirical results, the paper suggests more valid dimensions for the concepts of national pride and ethnic exclusionism in the distinctive Czech context and discusses their mutual relationships.

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Section: Czech National Identity and Ethnic Exclusionismmentioning

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National Identity and the Interplay between National Pride and Ethnic Exclusionism: The Exceptional Case of the Czech Republic

Dražanová

2014

Ethnopolitics

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“…‘National identities’ are neither things nor living beings that can impose requirements, make connections or feel threatened. In a similar vein, other scholars write about how ‘national identity makes one group believe its members share common features’ (Fawn 2003: 13); how ‘national identities shape national languages’ (Joseph 2004: 13); how ‘Turkish national identity which had been held back by the persistence of the Ottoman regime began to assert itself with a vengeance’ (Glenny 2000: 328); how Spain ‘has dramatically transformed its identity’ and how Canada is able ‘to reinforce its national identity’ (Guibernau 2007: 1, 4). Nevertheless, it is not Canada, Spain, Turkey or national identities that shape, transform, reinforce or make individuals do things: it is only specific individuals and organised collectivities that are capable of social action.…”

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The chimera of national identity

Malešević

2011

Nations and Nationalism

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In both popular discourse and many academic works, the existence of national identity is largely taken as given. Although researchers disagree on whether national identities are modern or perennial, and how best to gauge the intensity of identification with a particular nation, there is near unanimity on the view that national identities are real and perceptible entities. In contrast to this view I argue not only that there was no national identity before modernity but also that there is little empirical evidence for the existence of national identities in the modern age either. While it is obvious that many individuals show great affinity for their nations and often express sincere devotion to the 'national cause', none of these are reliable indicators of the existence of a durable, continuous, stable and monolithic entity called 'national identity'. To fully understand the character of popular mobilisation in modernity it is paramount to refocus our attention from the slippery and non-analytical idiom of 'identity' towards well-established sociological concepts such as 'ideology' and 'solidarity'. In particular, the central object of this research becomes the processes through which large-scale social organisations successfully transform earnest microsolidarity into an all-encompassing nationalist ideology.

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“…In the Polish case, the association between Polish identity today and Poland's geopolitical position is tied to the desire for security (Fawn ). Since 1989 most Polish political elites have been strongly united on the issue of a western orientation.…”

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Elite Strategies in a Global World: A Typology of Polish Patriots

Kaftan

2011

Studies Ethnicity & National

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This study focuses on how Polish elites view the relationship between Polish identity and Poland's place in the world. Samples of priests, politicians, and intellectuals were interviewed in 1999 and 2009. A typology of four ideal types is proposed: ideological nationals, pragmatic nationals, pragmatic transnationals, and ideological transnationals. This typology can be viewed as a continuum of elite emphasis ranging between national and transnational themes. This continuum of emphasis can be seen when examining elite responses to questions concerning NATO membership, EU membership, Polish identity, and Polish democracy. This study finds that while the majority of Polish priests and politicians wished to emphasise national over transnational themes, intellectuals stressed transnational themes. Nevertheless, most acknowledged the inseparable nature of these themes when they talked about the contemporary Polish nation.

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Ideology and national identity in post-communist foreign policies

Cited by 19 publications

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National Identity and the Interplay between National Pride and Ethnic Exclusionism: The Exceptional Case of the Czech Republic

National Identity and the Interplay between National Pride and Ethnic Exclusionism: The Exceptional Case of the Czech Republic

The chimera of national identity

Elite Strategies in a Global World: A Typology of Polish Patriots

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