European Identity and its Relationship to National and Ethnic Identities among Younger and Older Members of Ethnic Minority Groups

Waechter, Natalia

doi:10.2478/sjps-2014-0005

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“…Machacek (2011) found that young people from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia have more positive attitudes toward Europe and the ED than older age groups. Waechter and Samoilova (2014) show that among different ethnic minorities across eight countries, adults, unlike young people, consider their national identity more important than European identity. However, in only three minority groups was the difference in identification with Europe among age groups found to be significant.…”

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Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

Waechter

2017

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Research on European identity focuses mainly on majority populations in Western European countries without differentiating among specific population groups and generations, and, above all, disregarding ethnic minority groups living in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper addresses this gap by investigating the development of European identity among three ethnic minority groups in Lithuania: Belarusians, Poles, and Russians. Theoretically, the project is based on the instrumental approach, which argues that European identity is closely related to perceived benefits from “being European,” and on the cultural approach, which holds a common history, ancestry, and culture responsible for the development of European identity. Existing research has, above all, emphasized the importance of instrumental considerations. Analyzing qualitative interviews collected in the FP7 research project “ENRI-East,” the paper compares how young and adult members of ethnic minority groups construct European identity due to “instrumental” and “cultural” considerations. The results show that both instrumental and cultural considerations are relevant and further development of European identity depends on which age group or ethnic minority group an individual belongs to.

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Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

Waechter

2017

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“…Nor do they feel a strong attachment to CEE, but they feel closer to Europe than Hungarians in Slovakia. Other empirical studies found no correlation between ethnic and European identity (Waechter and Samoilova 2014).…”

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National and ethnic identifications among the Slovak diaspora in Serbia: Stranded between state(s) and ethnicity?

Surová

2018

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Identity has been treated in relevant literature predominantly as a dynamic, fluid, multidimensional, and ongoing process. Currently, identity is viewed as a process, as something achieved, and as a product of social relations. Scholars have acknowledged that members of minorities and diasporas can have very complex multiple identities, which are both dependent on social context and changeable over time. This article explores the national and ethnic identifications of Slovaks living in Serbia. Its main objective is to examine how the members of the Slovak diaspora identify themselves and what kind of national and ethnic awareness and pride they hold. As well, this paper explores their opinions and attitudes on language and cultural identity. This study used a web-based survey and basic statistics. The results of the explorative study indicate that members of the Slovak diaspora living in Serbia have multiple identities that coexist, do not conflict, and vary in their importance for respondents. Distinct national and ethnic identifications are perceived in different ways and have divergent emotional intensities. This study proposes further research on the importance of civic and ethnic values and on different perceptions of identity, citizenship, length of residency, and minority rights for collective identifications of minorities and/or diasporas.

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Is It Always Us or Them: How Do Young Serbs and Bosniaks Perceive Intergroup Borders?

Jovanović

Pavlović

2017

Shaping Social Identities After Violent Conflict

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European Identity and its Relationship to National and Ethnic Identities among Younger and Older Members of Ethnic Minority Groups

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

National and ethnic identifications among the Slovak diaspora in Serbia: Stranded between state(s) and ethnicity?

Is It Always Us or Them: How Do Young Serbs and Bosniaks Perceive Intergroup Borders?

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