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Constructing Border Ethnic Identities along the Frontier of Central and Eastern Europe

This analysis explores the formation of ethnic identities among ethnic minorities in the new European borderlands using four dyads and a sample size of 400 in each group. It examines various factors such as personal identity, ethnic self-identification, ethno-history, language usage, and more. The study also compares assimilation versus preservation of identity and the construction of ethnic and national communities.

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Constructing Border Ethnic Identities along the Frontier of Central and Eastern Europe

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  1. Constructing Border Ethnic Identities along the Frontierof Central and Eastern Europe Antal Örkény, Mária Székelyi ASN World Convention, New York 2011, April 14-16 PANEL CE15 Identity Formation among Ethnic Minorities in the New European Borderlands

  2. The logic of this analysis • analysis employs four dyads with eight ethnic minority groups • Sample size: 400 in each group

  3. Frame of analysis • Personal identity • Ethnic self identification • The ethno-history of social identity • Ethnic roots, nationality of parents • Life path stations, the ethnic composition of marriages • Language usage, mother tongue and schooling • Ethnic characteristics of social networks • The cognitive and affective mechanism building ethnic identity • Spontaneous emotive identification • Sources of pride in ethnic and national context • General trust, social pride and social distance • Modeling personal ethnic identity • Types of minority groups in the construction of personal ethnic identity • The building blocks of ethnic identity in the minority groups • Assimilation versus preservation of identity • Construction of ethnic and national communities (categorization)

  4. Feeling of relative closenessaccording to minority groups, averagesaverage closeness for the given ethnic group and differences in distance.

  5. Levels of general and institutional trust, four-points scale means

  6. Strength of pride felt toward the mother country, the host country, and the diaspora, four-points scale means

  7. Level of tension between the diaspora and the host society, percent

  8. Assimilation versus preservation of identity among diaspora members and the majority society of the host nation(issp 2003), percent

  9. Criteria for membership in the host nation among diaspora members and the majority society of the host nation(issp 2003), scale means

  10. Criteria for membership in the mother nation and the host nationamong diaspora members, scale means

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