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标题：In the Nation We Trust: National Identity as a Substitute for Religion
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作者：Kenneth Harttgen ; Matthias Opfinger
期刊名称：Diskussionspapiere / Universität Hannover
印刷版ISSN：0949-9962
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
出版社：Hannover
摘要：We construct an index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey onpeoples' attitudes concerning politics and to the state itself. We then analyze the relationship betweenour new measure of national identity and social heterogeneity. The results indicate that religiousdiversity is significantly and positively related to national identity, whereas other variables proxyingsocial heterogeneity are not. We argue that national identity is a substitute for religion. At highlevels of religious diversity people do not identify with their religious group. They search other objectsof identification o.ering common values and norms. Hence, people identify at the national level.Furthermore, democratic institutions and mobility throughout the country a.ect national identitypositively
关键词：National Identity; Social Heterogeneity; Religious Diversity; Common Beliefs