Replication data for: Conceptions of national identity and ambivalence towards immigration
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| Title: | Replication data for: Conceptions of national identity and ambivalence towards immigration |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Creator: |
Lindstam, Emmy ORCID: 0000-0003-0573-6474 ; Mader, Matthias ; Schoen, Harald ORCID: 0000-0001-8893-1579
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| Divisions: | Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences- CDSS (Social Sciences) School of Social Sciences > Politische Wissenschaft, Politische Psychologie (Schoen 2014-) |
| DDC Classification: |
360 Social problems and services |
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| Abstract: | National identities are often conceived of as factors that lend structure and stability to citizens’ political opinions on issues such as immigration: While citizens who define national membership in ethno-cultural terms are less likely to support immigration, those with a civic conception are more likely to do so. We propose that defining national identity along both ethno-cultural and civic lines may give rise to conflicting considerations leading people to experience ambivalence, implying that national identities may serve less as a stabilising force than suggested by previous research. Findings from heterogeneous choice models and a unique survey experiment show that German citizens with mixed conceptions of national identity had more variable and more malleable opinions than individuals with ideal-type conceptions during the 2015/2016 European refugee crisis. Our findings point to an identity-based source of ambivalence and extend our knowledge of how people form attitudes towards immigration. |
| External Identifier for Data: | https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/A48JP7 |
| URL: | https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/501/ |
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| Access (Controlled): | Only Metadata |
| License (Controlled): | Creative Commons: CC0 | Universal 1.0 (recommended) |
| Related Publication(s) in MADOC: | Lindstam, Emmy und Mader, Matthias und Schoen, Harald (2021), Conceptions of national identity and ambivalence towards immigration |
| External Identifier of Related Publication (e.g. DOI, URN): | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123418000522 |
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| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2026 13:09 |
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| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2026 14:40 |
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