National identity and ethnic diversity
Paolo Masella
Journal of Population Economics, 2013, vol. 26, issue 2, 437-454
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. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013
Keywords: Identity; Ethnic diversity; Nation building; A14; J15; Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0398-0
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