Pride, Not Prejudice

Chung, Eunbin

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“…According to liberal nationalists, independent national identities provide a sense of dignity in people's membership, which secures a foundation for peaceful and cooperative interaction with outgroup members (i.e., other countries) (Glover 1997;Miller 1995;Tamir 1995;Taylor 1998). Research has also found that emphasizing national identity may promote international reconciliation by boosting trust, guilt recognition, and positive images between groups (Chung 2022a;Gunn and Wilson 2011). 1 These results suggest that recategorization into a superordinate identity by downplaying national identities is not necessary for conflict resolution.…”

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“…This manipulation check is a simple yet straightforward way of verifying whether participants were paying attention to the task and thus thinking about values associated with said identity. In addition, this measure has been used as a reliable manipulation check in previous research that uses experimental treatments of identity affirmation (Chung 2022a).…”

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“…National identity describes attachment to one's nation that excludes foreign counterparts. Some social scientists argue that emphasizing national identities may be more helpful for international peace (Chung 2022a;Glover 1997;Miller 1995;Taylor 1998). According to this research, strong, independent national identities provide a sense of security, dignity, and contentment in people's perception of their membership, which forms the basis for international peace.…”

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National Chauvinism, Group Identity Affirmation, and Trust in International Relations: Experimental Results from Ukraine

Chung

Pechenkina

2023

Nationalities Papers

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Research has found that affirming national identity can encourage the public’s trust toward a foreign adversary. On the other hand, aggressor states have attempted to recategorize identity by promoting a superordinate identity that includes both aggressor and defender states. In comparison with national identity affirmation, we test how effective emphasis of a common identity might be in the context of Russia-Ukraine and evaluate the scope conditions under which such a strategy may backfire. We propose that the effectiveness of the two identity affirmation approaches should differ across people with varying levels of national chauvinism. We expect that high-in-chauvinism individuals will experience more worldview-conflict when exposed to promotion of superordinate identity. Experimental findings on Ukrainians’ trust toward Russia in 2020 suggest a policy that emphasizes a common identity can backfire among highly chauvinistic Ukrainians in the Western region. This indicates that recategorizing one’s nation as a member of a larger group may fuel resistance among individuals with a sense of nationalistic superiority. By contrast, highlighting Ukrainian national identity boosted trust toward Russia even among the more chauvinistic respondents in the Southeastern region. This study helps identify the scope conditions of identity affirmation as a way to increase trust in international relations.

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Who are your people? – The effect of political ideology and social identity on climate-related beliefs and risk perceptions

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Milkoreit

2021

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National Identity, Social Preferences, and Foreign Policy Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Japan

Chung

2023

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Are strong national identities in the public an impediment to cooperative foreign policy attitudes? Researchers have proposed the promotion of universalism—and, accordingly, the submergence of existing national identities—as a viable path toward cooperative international relations. Conversely, I suggest that strong national identities can actually encourage public support for cooperative foreign policy. Evidence from field experiments in Japan that integrates psychological affirmation theory and a game measuring social preferences indicates that Japanese who were affirmed of the positive aspects of their national identity held more prosocial attitudes toward their Chinese counterpart in the game, which in turn led to cooperative foreign policy preferences. In contrast, participants who were not affirmed of their national identity exhibited more proself tendencies in the game, which predicted support for militaristic foreign policy. Finally, in contrast to national identity affirmation, national chauvinism, or perceived superiority over other countries, was associated with militant internationalist attitudes.

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Pride, Not Prejudice

Abstract: I have several colleagues and friends to thank, without whom this book could not have been completed. As soon as I arrived at the University of Utah, I realized I was in an incredibly supportive and collegial environment.

Cited by 5 publications

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National Chauvinism, Group Identity Affirmation, and Trust in International Relations: Experimental Results from Ukraine

National Chauvinism, Group Identity Affirmation, and Trust in International Relations: Experimental Results from Ukraine

Who are your people? – The effect of political ideology and social identity on climate-related beliefs and risk perceptions

National Identity, Social Preferences, and Foreign Policy Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Japan

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