National identity and ethnic diversity

Paolo Masella

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Abstract: In countries with high levels of ethnic diversity, “nation building” has been proposed as a mechanism for integration and conflict reduction. We find no evidence of lower intensity of national sentiment in more ethnically fragmented countries or in minority groups. National feelings in a minority can be higher or lower than in a majority, depending on the degree of ethnic diversity of a country. On the one hand, in countries with high ethnic diversity, nationalist feelings are less strong in minority groups than in the majorities; on the other hand, in countries with low ethnic diversity, the reverse is true.

Keywords: identity; ethnic diversity; nation building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 J15 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04
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Published in Journal of Population Economics, April, 2013, 26(2), pp. 437-454. ISSN: 0933-1433

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