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How does Globalization influence nationalism?

Frahm, Frauke LU (2012) SIMV73 20121
Graduate School
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if and how globalization has a significant impact on nationalism. Therefore two dimensions of globalization are distinguished, political and economic globalization. Nationalism is analyzed as a feeling of superiority of the own nation. In order to test the impact a multilevel model using survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) from the year 2003 as well as additional data on the country level has been estimated. Included in the analysis were 27 countries. Despite the expectations economic globalization negatively influences nationalist feelings. Thus, economic globalization is not perceived as a threat to the nation state. On the contrary, economic globalization may be... (More)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if and how globalization has a significant impact on nationalism. Therefore two dimensions of globalization are distinguished, political and economic globalization. Nationalism is analyzed as a feeling of superiority of the own nation. In order to test the impact a multilevel model using survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) from the year 2003 as well as additional data on the country level has been estimated. Included in the analysis were 27 countries. Despite the expectations economic globalization negatively influences nationalist feelings. Thus, economic globalization is not perceived as a threat to the nation state. On the contrary, economic globalization may be perceived to strengthen the nation state in some aspect. For political globalization the analysis confirmed the expectations that in countries that are more politically globalized, nationalism is stronger. The assumption that globalization functions as a threat to the nation thus seems to apply for this aspect of globalization. (Less)
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author
Frahm, Frauke LU
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organization
course
SIMV73 20121
year
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
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language
English
id
2760267
date added to LUP
2012-06-13 14:53:20
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2012-06-13 14:53:20
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if and how globalization has a significant impact on nationalism. Therefore two dimensions of globalization are distinguished, political and economic globalization. Nationalism is analyzed as a feeling of superiority of the own nation. In order to test the impact a multilevel model using survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) from the year 2003 as well as additional data on the country level has been estimated. Included in the analysis were 27 countries. Despite the expectations economic globalization negatively influences nationalist feelings. Thus, economic globalization is not perceived as a threat to the nation state. On the contrary, economic globalization may be perceived to strengthen the nation state in some aspect. For political globalization the analysis confirmed the expectations that in countries that are more politically globalized, nationalism is stronger. The assumption that globalization functions as a threat to the nation thus seems to apply for this aspect of globalization.}},
  author       = {{Frahm, Frauke}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{How does Globalization influence nationalism?}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}