National Identities in Troubled Times: Germany and Southern European Countries after the Great Recession
| Autor: | Elena Ferri Fuentevilla, Antonia María Ruiz Jiménez, Nieves Aquino Llinares |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Southern Europe
nationale Identität 0211 other engineering and technologies Social Sciences Great Depression 02 engineering and technology Südeuropa economic situation Sociology & anthropology Germany Southern European countries 050602 political science & public administration Wirtschaftskrise Empirical evidence Wohlfahrt identity media_common Cultural Sociology Sociology of Art Sociology of Literature Weltwirtschaftskrise Greece Eurobarometer 05 social sciences Finanzkrise Welfare state Redistribution (cultural anthropology) welfare nationalism Bundesrepublik Deutschland 0506 political science civic and ethnic identities Italy Great Recession recession ddc:301 Wirtschaftssoziologie wirtschaftliche Lage media_common.quotation_subject Welfare nationalism Italien Sociology of Economics Federal Republic of Germany Nationalismus economic crisis Ascribed and achieved identities Rezession Wohlfahrtsstaat Political science Development economics national identity nationalism Retrenchment Eurobarometer 57.2 (Apr-Jun 2002) ZA4506: Eurobarometer 65.2 (Mar-May 2006) ZA5233: Eurobarometer 73.3 (Mar-Apr 2010) ZA5612: Eurobarometer 77.3 (2012) [civic and ethnic identities ascribed and achieved identities ZA3640] Spanien 021110 strategic defence & security studies Portugal financial crisis Identität Griechenland Civic and ethnic identities welfare Effects of the Great Recession Soziologie Anthropologie Spain National identity Welfare welfare state Kultursoziologie Kunstsoziologie Literatursoziologie |
| Zdroj: | Genealogy Identity Politics and Welfare Nationalism Genealogy, Vol 5, Iss 40, p 40 (2021) Volume 5 Issue 2 Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada Universidad de Granada (UGR) Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada instname |
| Popis: | This article aims to elucidate the effects of the Great Recession and the retrenchment of welfare on national identity in several European countries. While different authors have observed that good economic performance, redistribution, and the growth of welfare strengthen countries as political communities of solidarity, there is much less empirical evidence regarding the consequences of an economic crisis for national identity. To investigate these consequences, we focus on a set of countries where the 2008 Great Recession resulted in different impacts, namely, Germany and four countries in Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece). We use secondary quantitative data from Eurobarometer surveys to test aggregated and individual hypotheses relating to both the size and direction of the Great Recession’s effects on national identity. Our results suggest that the roles and impacts of economic variables may be different depending on the relative economic performance of a country within its own context. It seems easier to confirm that good economic performance, in relative terms, might strengthen national identity than proving that poor economic performance will weaken national identity. Even if no definitive empirical evidence can be given at this point, our data suggest a rationalization or compensation mechanism such that citizens look for where to anchor their strong national identities after they have decided on them. If an economy is performing well, then it would become a good anchorage for holding a strong national identity however, if an economy is not performing well, then economic factors will cease to be a fundamental element for national identity holders. |
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