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. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
National identity and ethnic diversity / Masella, Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0933-1433. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:2(2013), pp. 437-454. [10.1007/s00148-011-0398-0]
National identity and ethnic diversity
MASELLA, PAOLO
2013
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. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.