scholarly journals The Construction of national identity in Germany: "Migration Background" as a political and scientific category

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Scherr
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Migration Background ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
German Citizenship ◽  
The Social ◽  
German Situation

Migration has far-reaching effects on the construction of national identity. It can lead to established concepts of national identity and societal affiliation being questioned. In this working paper, it will be demonstrated on the basis of the contemporary German situation that the recognition of Germany as an immigration society does not come along with an overall recognition of migrants as equal members of society. Indeed it is still not sufficient to possess German citizenship to be accepted as a full member of society. It can be proven, that the distinction between "ordinary Germans" and "Germans with migration background" plays an important role in designating allegedly different elements of society. The paper discusses how the social sciences are involved in the process, which makes this differentiation appear plausible and acceptable. Keywords: Germany, immigration, construction of a national identity, societal affiliation discrimination, social and scientific categories

scholarly journals The Construction of national identity in Germany: "Migration Background" as a political and scientific category

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Bauder
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Migration Background ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
German Citizenship ◽  
The Social ◽  
German Situation

Migration has far-reaching effects on the construction of national identity. It can lead to established concepts of national identity and societal affiliation being questioned. In this working paper, it will be demonstrated on the basis of the contemporary German situation that the recognition of Germany as an immigration society does not come along with an overall recognition of migrants as equal members of society. Indeed it is still not sufficient to possess German citizenship to be accepted as a full member of society. It can be proven, that the distinction between "ordinary Germans" and "Germans with migration background" plays an important role in designating allegedly different elements of society. The paper discusses how the social sciences are involved in the process, which makes this differentiation appear plausible and acceptable. Keywords: Germany, immigration, construction of a national identity, societal affiliation discrimination, social and scientific categories

scholarly journals Pro-european orientation and perception of European integrations as a threat in Serbia and Croatia - the importance of sociodemographic variables and different forms of national attachment

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-77
Author(s):  
Vladimir Mihić ◽  
Dragana Jelić ◽  
Margareta Jelić
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
National Pride ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Attachment ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Eu

For the past few decades, European integration has been one of the primary issues not just in politics, but also in the social sciences. This issue becomes even more important when research takes place in countries where the population is ambivalent in their support for the EU and European integration. The main aims of the study presented in this paper are to determine differences in Serbia and Croatia in pro-European orientation and the perception of European integration (EI) as a threat, and to determine the factors underlying both constructs by focusing on sociodemographic variables, the importance of religion, and different forms of national attachment. The results show that citizens of Croatia have a stronger pro-European orientation, but there is no difference in the perception of EI as a threat. Pro-European orientation is determined by the respondents’ national identity (in both countries) and gender, the importance of religion, and national pride in the state (only in Serbia). The significant predictors for the perception of EI as a threat were constructive patriotism and national pride in successful individuals (in Serbia), blind patriotism (in Croatia) and the importance of religion (in both countries).

scholarly journals Neoliberal restructuring and the third sector: reshaping governance, civil society and local relations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mitchell Evans ◽  
John Shields
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring

[First paragraph of Introduction]: Until recently the discipline of Public Administration, and the Social Sciences more generally, have been remarkably silent about the role of nonprofit organizations in the provision of ‘public services’ and their contribution toward public benefit. In fact, an understanding of the place which nonprofit organizations play within society has been an ignored subject matter; the state of affairs is such that one commentator has tellingly referred to the voluntary realm as the “invisible sector” (Hall 1997: 74). Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Shaping the National Identity of the Youth in the Polish Scouting Association (ZHP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Kamil Roman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Social Organizations ◽  
Special Place ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patriotic Education

Studies on patriotism and national identity occupy a special place in the social sciences related to the comprehensive and integral develop­ment of the human person. The shaping of national identity in Poland is particularly important due to the recently celebrated 100th anni­versary of independence. An important role in this process has been played by social organizations, whose members take care of maintain­ing and cultivating the Polish tradition. One of such organizations has been the Polish Scouting Association (ZHP), founded in 1918. The aim of the paper is to show the positive role of ZHP in building national identity and shaping the patriotic attitudes of contemporary youth. This goal will be verified through a systematic review of litera­ture related to identity, patriotism and patriotic education. The article also contains an overview of initiatives related to shaping the patriotic identity in the Polish Scouting Association.

scholarly journals Nations as Gravitational Fields of Culture: In Defence of “Nationology”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Plamen Akaliyski ◽  
Michael Harris Bond ◽  
Christian Welzel
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Social Class ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Gravitational Fields ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Phenomenon ◽  
Spatial Fields

Nations have been questioned as meaningful units for analyzing culture. Against this skepticism, we underline that culture is always a collective phenomenon, commonly understood as the prevalent values in a population that form its mentality and identity in differentiation from others. Nations are population entities that are manifest in states as their organizational frame, in countries as their territorial space, and in national identity as their psychological glue. Territorial in character, nations form spatial fields of ‘cultural gravitation.’ Above and beneath nations, other spatial fields of cultural gravitation exist, like sub-national regions (beneath) and geo-political areas (above). There are also non-spatial forces of cultural gravitation, including language, ethnicity, religion, social class, gender, and generation. To operationalize nations as gravitational fields of culture, we look at them in terms of their central tendencies and these tendencies’ densities and variance-binding powers, rather than understanding nations as monolithic and closed cultural containers. Because national culture is foundational for societal institutions and guides individuals’ behavior, it is of intrinsic interest for the social sciences to study culture at the nation-level, even in the presence of internal heterogeneity and cross-border similarity. Whenever of interest, sub- and supra-national cultural groups as well as non-spatial cultural groups should also be studied, but our theoretical framework warrants the use of nations as meaningful gravitational units for analyzing the dimensions and dynamics of culture.

scholarly journals The Importance of Social Sciences in Arming the Student Youth Consciousness with Noble Virtues

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imamqul Ravshanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Human Personality ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The article examines the issues of understanding national identity, the formation of national unity, greatness and purity of our ancestry, assessing the place of our wise people among the peoples of the world, wider use of its rich life experience, the importance of the social sciences in the consistent study and further enrichment of the noble, freedom-loving and liberal traditions of our people, in short, in the creation of a harmonious, real human personality.

scholarly journals Identity Gaps: How and Why a Nation Eludes A State

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-73
Author(s):  
Kirill Telin ◽  
Kirill Filimonov
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Social ◽  
Identity Issue

The concept of “national identity” is one of the most popular constructs linking political theory and policy agents’ requests intended to maintain socio-political order in general, and to legitimize policy in particular. This aspect of legitimacy as explored through the national identity issue engages our attention in this review. The authors explore this aspect as applied to the problem of classical political order, focusing on state capacities and policymaking, accompanied rhetorically by a national identity discourse and based on common values, beliefs, and models of behavior. The review starts from a skepticism towards state capabilities and its claim to monopolize reproduction of a socio-political order which appeals to a volatile idea of a “nation.” This is an obvious case for political philosophy and the social sciences, and also a strong example to illustrate the complexities that states face in the “colonizing” of a public sphere. The complexities are particularly expressed in a growing uncertainty of all statutes of identity-politics agents. The article emphasizes that precisely because of the “colonization” strategy, a “nation” eludes a state that loses its reference points such as “order” or “stability.” The authors conclude that a policy of such a style described above will always be emasculated and fail to provide any kind of social integration.

Neoliberal restructuring and the third sector: reshaping governance, civil society and local relations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mitchell Evans ◽  
John Shields
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring

[First paragraph of Introduction]: Until recently the discipline of Public Administration, and the Social Sciences more generally, have been remarkably silent about the role of nonprofit organizations in the provision of ‘public services’ and their contribution toward public benefit. In fact, an understanding of the place which nonprofit organizations play within society has been an ignored subject matter; the state of affairs is such that one commentator has tellingly referred to the voluntary realm as the “invisible sector” (Hall 1997: 74). Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND IDENTITIES OF AZERBAIJANIS WITH A MIGRATORY BACKGROUND IN RUSSIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Anna A. Endryushko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Migration Background ◽  
Transnational Relations ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Social ◽  
Migratory Background ◽  
Social Fields ◽  
Transnational Connections

The article examines transnational relations and the structure of identities of persons with a migratory background from Azerbaijan to Russia. The research was carried out using the semi-formalized interview method. The target was ethnic Azerbaijanis who moved from the Azerbaijan SSR before 1991. Particular attention is paid to the presence of relatives in the country of origin and building contacts with them, involvement in the social fields of the historical homeland over a long period of life in another country, as well as, in connection with integration in a new society, the formation of the structure of ethnic, local, national identity of Azerbaijanis with migration background. Also considered are various forms of distancing Azerbaijanis from «their own» (including migrants of later waves) and reverse distancing to them from the side of compatriots living in their homeland. The orientation of informants to live in Azerbaijan at different periods of life has been studied.

WHAT IS “NATIONAL IDENTITY”? DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORIOGRAPHY

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER MANDLER
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Britain ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
State Of Affairs

“National identity” is one of those concepts, like “political culture”, which historians have somewhat casually borrowed from the social sciences and then used promiscuously for their own purposes. Over twenty years ago Philip Gleason wrote a wise and prescient (yet sadly underappreciated) essay on the origins of the concept of “identity” in the 1950s, warning historians that already then it had two quite distinct—psychological and sociological—meanings that needed to be distinguished to retain any conceptual clarity. Since then our own use of it has proliferated uncontrollably, and the original confusion identified by Gleason has been compounded by many others. The chain of communication between the concept's progenitors and its present-day users is now so long and so fragmentary that our usage may bear little or no relation to the discourse that Gleason described. There may be nothing wrong with this state of affairs; historians may have found their own value in the term, which need not necessarily be validated by social science. Yet social scientists have continued to work with “identity”, and have puzzled much further over its possible meaning and utility with a degree of conceptual rigour that historians do not usually share. And we continue to validate our own use of the term by reference to an increasingly shadowy and distant social science whence it came. Accordingly it may be useful to look more closely at what social scientists think “national identity” is, and how it operates in human minds and societies. This essay attempts a brief exploration of that kind and then applies its findings to the recent historiography of “national identity” in modern Britain.

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