Karina V Korostelina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4158861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karina V Korostelina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karina V |
| FAMILY NAME | Korostelina |
| SIGNATURE | KOROSTELINA K V |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4573-1136 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine
The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action. However, there is a visible lack of research on attitude‐identity interactions during violent conflicts and in non‐American settings. Using the concepts of homogenization or di…
Resilience Practices and Post‐Traumatic Growth Among Sudanese IDPs
In this paper we examine the resilience of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan who have endured various forms of suffering resulting from being targeted or trapped by militants involved in large‐scale violence. Upon escaping the conflict zones, the civilians exhibit strength, adaptability, and wisdom in the face of various threats to their wellbeing and survival. For this case study of Sudanese IDPs, we rely on the Four Loop Model of Res…
The Role of Identity and Religion in Peace Processes
Dynamics of national identity narratives in Ukraine
Outgroup Threat, complex identities, and attitudes toward war and peace in Ukraine
The purpose of this study is to advance our understanding of the relationship between perceptions of threat, complex combinations of social identity, and civilians’ willingness to support peace negotiations during active war. Using survey data ( N = 1,812) collected in three eastern cities of war-torn Ukraine, we examined the relationship between threat perceptions and support for continuing the war or making concessions to pursue peace negotiati…
Identity and Religion in Peace Processes
Memory Sites and Conflict Dynamics
Exposure to violence and attitudes toward war and peace in Ukraine
Bridging the digital divide for Native American tribes
Native American reservations are faced with a growing need for High‐speed Internet and broadband access but face a variety of barriers to broadband infrastructure deployment. This paper discusses the difficulties tribal nations have faced in developing their education, economy, and access to healthcare and public safety due to the roadblocks in building this infrastructure within their tribes. Using case studies and interviews from over 30 Native…
Living through war
Civilians in Sudan have been devastated by wars for decades, including civil wars that occurred from 1956 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005, and wars continuing to this day in certain regions. With this article, we offer the findings of an oral history project that showcases the testimony of 116 Sudanese from the following three regions: Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile state. We focused on their experiences of war and their vision of a j…
Production of the meaning of justice in the aftermath of war in Sudan
Challenges and policy implication of bridging the digital divide for native American Tribes
Japanese Perspective on Korean Reunification
The paper explores how experts in Japan assess and understand the process and consequences of the unification of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). Based on the theoretical framework of interrelations between social identity and power, this paper asks how Japanese experts frame the process of Korean unification and evaluate its impact on Japan. The data was collected in Tokyo, Japan, t…
The impact of symbolic boundaries on perceptions of relations between Japan and South Korea
This paper argues the perceptions of relations between two nations involve not only the institutionalized national-boundary but also the perspectives of multiple symbolic boundaries. Based on a qualitative study, this paper aims to explain how different symbolic boundaries impact Japanese experts’ perception of interrelations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The paper includes an analysis of opinion surveys, 20 semi-structur…
National Resilience to Protracted Violence in Ukraine
This paper concentrates on the production of power of the Ukrainian nation, that not only deals with continuous violence within the nation, but also develops national strength to address this violence. This paper aims to explore how the Ukrainian nation develops resilience to protracted violence as a form of transformative power and what factors contribute or impede this process. The paper defines resilience as a form of power that enhances the c…
The normative function of national historical narratives
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the normative function of historic narratives using the example of South Korean perceptions of twentieth-century history. The exploration of how relations between South Korea and Japan are perceived is based on 32 semi-structured interviews with academics, representatives of non-government organizations, and government officials in South Korea. The paper posits that the normative function of historical narr…
Trump Effect
Professor Karina V. Korostelina presents insights into the "Trump effect" and explains how the support for Trump among the American general public is based on three complementary pillars. First, Trump champions a specific conception of American national identity that empowers his supporters. Second, Trump's leadership has, to an extent, been crafted from his ability to recognize where and with whom he can get the most return on his investment (e.…
Reproduction of Conflict in History Teaching in Ukraine
Based on 60 semistructured interviews with history teachers in Ukraine, the ways in which social identity impacts reproduction of intergroup prejudice and conflict on the level of secondary education are explored. This involves an analysis regarding how salience and meaning of social identity of the teachers affect how they present the in-group and other groups to school pupils. The analysis reveals how teachers create conflict narratives in thei…
Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation to Hardships in Occupied Crimea
The article begins with a description of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. It provides a brief review of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea, examines the negative images of Crimean Tatars published in Soviet newspapers between 1941-1943 and the explicit rationale given by the Soviet authorities for the deportation of Crimean Tatars, and reviews the mitigation of hostilities against Tatars in the years following the war. The article continues with acc…
Intergroup Identity Insults
The purpose of this article is to build a systemic theory of insult based on insights from social identity theory and theories of power. Six types of insult are described: identity, projection, divergence, relative, power, and legitimacy, and the differences among them analyzed. The processes that constitute the dynamics of insult are considered. Following this theoretical analysis, the case of insults connected with the actions of the rock group…
Political Insults
Insult on the group level has a complicated dynamics within and between groups and often results in intergroup conflict and violence. The book concentrates on insults that involve complex interrelations of social identity and power and proposes a theory of insult, analysing different types and forms of insults as well as the processes that constitute their dynamics. The book offers a novel approach to insults by presenting them as mutually constr…
Borders
History curricula differ in representing differences and similarities between nations and among ethnic and racial groups within nations. Some history curricula strengthen distinctions between social groups and nations while others emphasize similarities in common political, economic, and cultural development. The following chapter describes how these approaches to social boundary contribute to the formation of a peace culture. These keywords were…
Constructing the Narratives of Identity and Power
Introduction Chapter 1 Structure and Functions of National Narrative Chapter 2. The Context of Ukraine Chapter 3. National Narratives of Ukrainian Elite Chapter 4. Impact from Outside: Ukraine in Narratives of International Donors and Experts Chapter 5. The Image of Ukrainian Future Chapter 6. Conclusion: Production of Meaning in National Narratives in Ukraine Bibliography
History Education in the Formation of Social Identity
In order to determine how history education can be harnessed to reduce conflict attitudes and intentions and create a culture of peace, this book examines how history curricula and textbooks shape the
Constructing nation
This paper scrutinizes history narratives as a practice of a specific kind of nation-building and analyzes the role of history teachers in this process. Based on 60 semi-structural interviews with history teachers in Ukraine, this paper analyzes three major national narratives used by history teachers to produce specific meaning of social identity among school pupils. This paper shows how history teachers reproduce national identity in their clas…
War of textbooks
Many scholars stress that teaching about the shared past plays a major role in the formation of national, ethnic, religious, and regional identities, in addition to influencing intergroup perceptions and relations. Through the analysis of historic narratives in history textbooks this paper shows how the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine uses state controlled history education to define their national identity and to present themse…
Mapping national identity narratives in Ukraine
Since 1991, the absence of the concept of a Ukrainian nation and national identity has led to a controversial, often ambivalent process of identity formation. The aim of this paper is to analyze and map the widely shared concepts about national identity that exist in Ukrainian society after 20 years of independence. Analysis of 43 interviews with Ukrainian political and intellectual elites reveals five different shared narratives: (1) dual identi…
Shaping unpredictable past
State-controlled history education is used as a major tool in the development and strengthening of national identity, especially in newly independent states undergoing nation-building processes. The analysis of history education in Ukraine shows how it is employed to establish and transform modes and forms of national identity and to influences the formation of borders between nations. The research reveals that history education in Ukraine emphas…
Constructing nation
This paper scrutinizes history narratives as a practice of a specific kind of nation-building and analyzes the role of history teachers in this process. Based on 60 semi-structural interviews with history teachers in Ukraine, this paper analyzes three major national narratives used by history teachers to produce specific meaning of social identity among school pupils. This paper shows how history teachers reproduce national identity in their clas…
The Impact of National Identity on Conflict Behavior
This paper examines the process of national identity formation among ethnic minorities in the Crimea—specifically, the moderation effects of national identity building on interrelations between conflict indicators and readiness for conflict or compromise for two ethnic minorities in Crimea. Based on a survey in the Crimea, results show that national identity moderates the effects of ethnic identity, ethnocentrism, economic deprivation, and majori…
Political Insults
Insult on the group level has a complicated dynamics within and between groups and often results in intergroup conflict and violence. The book concentrates on insults that involve complex interrelations of social identity and power and proposes a theory of insult, analysing different types and forms of insults as well as the processes that constitute their dynamics. The book offers a novel approach to insults by presenting them as mutually constr…
Identity and Power in Ukraine
This paper analyzes the coercive and legitimate forms of power in Ukraine. It describes the crisis of legitimacy in Ukraine as a contradiction between a blatantly cruel system of capitalism dominated by a few oligarchs, and the lingering remnants of a Soviet mentality. Two strategies are used by the Government to stoke the crisis. First, increased identification with ethnic or regional groups are instrumentally used by the Government to take atte…
National Resilience to Protracted Violence in Ukraine
This paper concentrates on the production of power of the Ukrainian nation, that not only deals with continuous violence within the nation, but also develops national strength to address this violence. This paper aims to explore how the Ukrainian nation develops resilience to protracted violence as a form of transformative power and what factors contribute or impede this process. The paper defines resilience as a form of power that enhances the c…
Exposure to violence and attitudes toward war and peace in Ukraine
Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation to Hardships in Occupied Crimea
The article begins with a description of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. It provides a brief review of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea, examines the negative images of Crimean Tatars published in Soviet newspapers between 1941-1943 and the explicit rationale given by the Soviet authorities for the deportation of Crimean Tatars, and reviews the mitigation of hostilities against Tatars in the years following the war. The article continues with acc…
Ukraine twenty years after independence
This paper attempts to create an overview of the Ukraine twenty years after independence by presenting prevailing conceptual narrative models of Ukraine employed by Ukrainian and foreign experts. Based on the analysis of 58 interviews of Ukrainian political and intellectual elites and foreign experts, the study revealed several categories of conceptual narrative models employed by respondents: (1) a state without a national idea and a common iden…
Striking civilian targets during the Lebanon war—A social psychological analysis of Israeli decision makers
This article examines the socio-psychological mechanisms that guided decisions of the Israeli leadership to attack the civilian infrastructure during the Lebanon war in 2006. Based on reports by the Israeli governmental commission for the war, known as the Winograd Committee, a correlation between the de-legitimization of Hezbollah and the willingness to deploy military tactics and strategies that resulted in civilian devastation was found. Relyi…
Concepts of national identity and the readiness for conflict behaviour
This article examines the process of national identity formation among ethnic minorities in the Crimea – specifically, the moderation effects of concepts of national identity on interrelations between conflict indicators and readiness for conflict or compromise for two ethnic minorities in Crimea. Based on a survey in the Crimea, results show that concepts of national identity moderate the effects of ethnic identity, ethnocentrism and economic de…
Challenges and policy implication of bridging the digital divide for native American Tribes
The impact of symbolic boundaries on perceptions of relations between Japan and South Korea
This paper argues the perceptions of relations between two nations involve not only the institutionalized national-boundary but also the perspectives of multiple symbolic boundaries. Based on a qualitative study, this paper aims to explain how different symbolic boundaries impact Japanese experts’ perception of interrelations between Japan and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The paper includes an analysis of opinion surveys, 20 semi-structur…
The normative function of national historical narratives
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the normative function of historic narratives using the example of South Korean perceptions of twentieth-century history. The exploration of how relations between South Korea and Japan are perceived is based on 32 semi-structured interviews with academics, representatives of non-government organizations, and government officials in South Korea. The paper posits that the normative function of historical narr…
Identity, autonomy and conflict in republics of Russia and Ukraine
This paper discusses the results of the survey conducted in co-operation with the European Research Center for Migration and Ethnic Relations, concerning identity in the Autonomous Republics of Russia and Ukraine. The survey queried 6522 residents of such republics as Bashkortostan, Karelia, Komi, Sakha (Yakutia), and Tatarstan in Russia, and Crimea in Ukraine. It examined the construction of social identities, common narratives regarding threats…
Introduction
Editorial| May 14 2007 Introduction: Conflicts in Central Asia Karina V. Korostelina Karina V. Korostelina Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 3330 N, Washington Blvd., Truland Building, 5th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201, USA Tel.: +1 703 993 1304; fax: +1 703 993 1302. E-mail address:[email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Tel.: +1 703 993 1304; fax: +1 703 993 …
The Impact of National Identity on Conflict Behavior
This paper examines the process of national identity formation among ethnic minorities in the Crimea—specifically, the moderation effects of national identity building on interrelations between conflict indicators and readiness for conflict or compromise for two ethnic minorities in Crimea. Based on a survey in the Crimea, results show that national identity moderates the effects of ethnic identity, ethnocentrism, economic deprivation, and majori…
Introduction
Editorial| May 14 2007 Introduction: Conflicts in Central Asia Karina V. Korostelina Karina V. Korostelina Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 3330 N, Washington Blvd., Truland Building, 5th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201, USA Tel.: +1 703 993 1304; fax: +1 703 993 1302. E-mail address:[email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Tel.: +1 703 993 1304; fax: +1 703 993 …
The system of social identities in Tajikistan
The paper aims to explore the interconnections between social identities (ethnic, national, regional and religious) and conflict intentions in Tajikistan. Based on the analysis of the dynamics of identity-based conflicts, the paper emphasizes the importance of an early warning system that centers on social identity and shows what impact such factors as national identity building, religious identity revival, and regional identity reinforcement hav…
History Education and Social Identity
Many scholars have stressed that teaching about the past plays the major role in the formation of national, ethnic, religious, and regional identities, and intergroup perceptions and relations. This article analyzes the impact of the content of history education on several aspects of social identity, including forms, modes, and concepts of identity. Based on examples from Taiwan, Northern Ireland, North Korea, and China, the article shows that hi…
Concepts of national identity and the readiness for conflict behaviour
This article examines the process of national identity formation among ethnic minorities in the Crimea – specifically, the moderation effects of concepts of national identity on interrelations between conflict indicators and readiness for conflict or compromise for two ethnic minorities in Crimea. Based on a survey in the Crimea, results show that concepts of national identity moderate the effects of ethnic identity, ethnocentrism and economic de…
Identity, autonomy and conflict in republics of Russia and Ukraine
This paper discusses the results of the survey conducted in co-operation with the European Research Center for Migration and Ethnic Relations, concerning identity in the Autonomous Republics of Russia and Ukraine. The survey queried 6522 residents of such republics as Bashkortostan, Karelia, Komi, Sakha (Yakutia), and Tatarstan in Russia, and Crimea in Ukraine. It examined the construction of social identities, common narratives regarding threats…
Striking civilian targets during the Lebanon war—A social psychological analysis of Israeli decision makers
This article examines the socio-psychological mechanisms that guided decisions of the Israeli leadership to attack the civilian infrastructure during the Lebanon war in 2006. Based on reports by the Israeli governmental commission for the war, known as the Winograd Committee, a correlation between the de-legitimization of Hezbollah and the willingness to deploy military tactics and strategies that resulted in civilian devastation was found. Relyi…
War of textbooks
Many scholars stress that teaching about the shared past plays a major role in the formation of national, ethnic, religious, and regional identities, in addition to influencing intergroup perceptions and relations. Through the analysis of historic narratives in history textbooks this paper shows how the governments of the Russian Federation and Ukraine uses state controlled history education to define their national identity and to present themse…
Why They Die
Why do civilians suffer most during times of violent conflict? Why are civilian fatalities as much as eight times higher, calculated globally for current conflicts, than military fatalities? In Why They Die, Daniel Rothbart and Karina V. Korostelina address these questions through a systematic study of civilian devastation in violent conflicts. Pushing aside the simplistic definition of war as a guns-and-blood battle between two militant groups, …
Shaping unpredictable past
State-controlled history education is used as a major tool in the development and strengthening of national identity, especially in newly independent states undergoing nation-building processes. The analysis of history education in Ukraine shows how it is employed to establish and transform modes and forms of national identity and to influences the formation of borders between nations. The research reveals that history education in Ukraine emphas…
Civilians and Modern War
1. The Place and Plight of Civilians in Modern War Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, and Mohammed D. Cherkaoui Part I: Targeting Civilians 2. The Role of Civilians in American War Ideology Richard Rubenstein 3. Devastating Civilians at Home: The Plight of Crimean Tatars and Californians of Asian Decent during World War II Karina Korostelina 4. Military Culture and Civilian Victimization: The Case of American Strategic Bombing in World War II A…
Identity and Power in Ukraine
This paper analyzes the coercive and legitimate forms of power in Ukraine. It describes the crisis of legitimacy in Ukraine as a contradiction between a blatantly cruel system of capitalism dominated by a few oligarchs, and the lingering remnants of a Soviet mentality. Two strategies are used by the Government to stoke the crisis. First, increased identification with ethnic or regional groups are instrumentally used by the Government to take atte…
Borders
History curricula differ in representing differences and similarities between nations and among ethnic and racial groups within nations. Some history curricula strengthen distinctions between social groups and nations while others emphasize similarities in common political, economic, and cultural development. The following chapter describes how these approaches to social boundary contribute to the formation of a peace culture. These keywords were…
Constructing the Narratives of Identity and Power
Introduction Chapter 1 Structure and Functions of National Narrative Chapter 2. The Context of Ukraine Chapter 3. National Narratives of Ukrainian Elite Chapter 4. Impact from Outside: Ukraine in Narratives of International Donors and Experts Chapter 5. The Image of Ukrainian Future Chapter 6. Conclusion: Production of Meaning in National Narratives in Ukraine Bibliography
History Education in the Formation of Social Identity
In order to determine how history education can be harnessed to reduce conflict attitudes and intentions and create a culture of peace, this book examines how history curricula and textbooks shape the
Constructing nation
This paper scrutinizes history narratives as a practice of a specific kind of nation-building and analyzes the role of history teachers in this process. Based on 60 semi-structural interviews with history teachers in Ukraine, this paper analyzes three major national narratives used by history teachers to produce specific meaning of social identity among school pupils. This paper shows how history teachers reproduce national identity in their clas…
Mapping national identity narratives in Ukraine
Since 1991, the absence of the concept of a Ukrainian nation and national identity has led to a controversial, often ambivalent process of identity formation. The aim of this paper is to analyze and map the widely shared concepts about national identity that exist in Ukrainian society after 20 years of independence. Analysis of 43 interviews with Ukrainian political and intellectual elites reveals five different shared narratives: (1) dual identi…
History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation
Ukraine twenty years after independence
This paper attempts to create an overview of the Ukraine twenty years after independence by presenting prevailing conceptual narrative models of Ukraine employed by Ukrainian and foreign experts. Based on the analysis of 58 interviews of Ukrainian political and intellectual elites and foreign experts, the study revealed several categories of conceptual narrative models employed by respondents: (1) a state without a national idea and a common iden…
Intergroup Identity Insults
The purpose of this article is to build a systemic theory of insult based on insights from social identity theory and theories of power. Six types of insult are described: identity, projection, divergence, relative, power, and legitimacy, and the differences among them analyzed. The processes that constitute the dynamics of insult are considered. Following this theoretical analysis, the case of insults connected with the actions of the rock group…
Political Insults
Insult on the group level has a complicated dynamics within and between groups and often results in intergroup conflict and violence. The book concentrates on insults that involve complex interrelations of social identity and power and proposes a theory of insult, analysing different types and forms of insults as well as the processes that constitute their dynamics. The book offers a novel approach to insults by presenting them as mutually constr…
Reproduction of Conflict in History Teaching in Ukraine
Based on 60 semistructured interviews with history teachers in Ukraine, the ways in which social identity impacts reproduction of intergroup prejudice and conflict on the level of secondary education are explored. This involves an analysis regarding how salience and meaning of social identity of the teachers affect how they present the in-group and other groups to school pupils. The analysis reveals how teachers create conflict narratives in thei…
Crimean Tatars From Mass Deportation to Hardships in Occupied Crimea
The article begins with a description of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. It provides a brief review of the Nazi Occupation of Crimea, examines the negative images of Crimean Tatars published in Soviet newspapers between 1941-1943 and the explicit rationale given by the Soviet authorities for the deportation of Crimean Tatars, and reviews the mitigation of hostilities against Tatars in the years following the war. The article continues with acc…
Trump Effect
Professor Karina V. Korostelina presents insights into the "Trump effect" and explains how the support for Trump among the American general public is based on three complementary pillars. First, Trump champions a specific conception of American national identity that empowers his supporters. Second, Trump's leadership has, to an extent, been crafted from his ability to recognize where and with whom he can get the most return on his investment (e.…
The normative function of national historical narratives
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the normative function of historic narratives using the example of South Korean perceptions of twentieth-century history. The exploration of how relations between South Korea and Japan are perceived is based on 32 semi-structured interviews with academics, representatives of non-government organizations, and government officials in South Korea. The paper posits that the normative function of historical narr…
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