Measuring nationalist sentiments in east-central Europe: A cross-national study

Measuring nationalist sentiments in east-central Europe: A cross-national study

This article addresses the existing gap in the literature by proposing a new measure of nationalism across multiple states in ECE. Using ISSP data from 1995 to 2013 and Mokken scale analysis, I create a set of nationalism indices that account for the intensity of nationalist sentiments based on the measures of national identity, national consciousness, patriotism, national pride, national superiority, and xenophobic nationalism. The research contributes to our understanding of the dynamic nature of nationalist sentiments across different ECE countries over time. The findings indicate that weak, moderate, and strong manifestations of nationalism are both time-dependent and context-dependent.

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