Marlene Mußotter
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marlene Mußotter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Mußotter |
| SIGNATURE | MUßOTTER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Passau |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6091-7326 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“Terms such as ‘true German’ […] belong in the history books”: How Germans with and without migrant backgrounds understand concepts used in survey research on national attachments
Whilst survey research on national attachments has used various measures, the question of how respondents understand these measures, and especially the highly ambiguous concepts they entail, has remained understudied. Moreover, scholars have used samples consisting of “citizens”, thereby not distinguishing between citizens with and citizens without a migrant background. Drawing on qualitative evidence from six focus group discussions in Germany i…
The duty to remember “it”: How Germans with and without a migration history discuss the role of the Holocaust
Contributing to research on how the Holocaust is interpreted in contemporary Germany, an increasingly pluralistic immigrant society with an official memory culture that has been criticized as hegemonic and univocal, this exploratory study investigates how Germans with and without a migration history talk about the Holocaust. It asks whether the emotions and attitudes of people with a migration history differ from those of Germans without a migrat…
Nationalism and political support: Longitudinal evidence from The Netherlands
Can Social Identity Theory Address the Measurement Tangle in Survey‐Based National Identity Research
Survey‐based research on national identity has long grappled with a ‘tangle’ of conflicting concepts, inconsistent use of measures and inconclusive empirical findings. This article addresses the measurement side of this tangle, evaluating whether social identity theory (SIT) can serve as a conceptual framework to clarify and organize existing indicators. Drawing on methods from content validity analysis, we examine survey instruments from the Nat…
[You Are German] When You no Longer Stick Out: The Meaning of Being German From the Perspective of Germans With and Without a Migrant Background
While several quantitative studies have examined civic and ethno‐cultural notions of nationhood among German citizens, the meaning of being German in general and the ambiguities of the term in particular have remained underexplored. Furthermore, this line of scholarship has examined German citizens but has neglected the perspective of Germans with a migrant background. Drawing on six focus group discussions conducted in Germany in 2023, we explor…
On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three‐factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism. Evidence from two representative studies
This article calls for revisiting the predominant yet flawed nationalism‐patriotism dichotomy, which has to date remained unchallenged. It advocates for a more nuanced triad: nationalism, exclusively referring to the nation; patriotism, revolving around the homeland; and democratic patriotism, with democracy as its object of attachment. This novel conceptual approach explicitly theorizes these three objects of attachment, which have hitherto rare…
National) pride and (conceptual) prejudice: Critical Remarks on the Distinction Between Patriotism and Nationalism
Patriotism and nationalism are typically conceptualized as two distinct if not conflicting forms of national attachment. Carrying a substantial normative dimension, the former is often linked to an enlightened sense of community that takes pride in the commitment to democratic values, whereas the latter is understood as an exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation. It is this dichotomy and the categorical assumptions at its core which …
Über (nationale) Bindungen: Die Trias von Nationalismus, Vaterlandsliebe und demokratischem Patriotismus
A Move Forward: Exploring National Identity Through Non-linear Principal Component Analysis in Germany
In research on national identity, scholars have developed a wide variety of approaches to measure and better understand this ubiquitous yet complex concept. To date, most of these approaches have been theory-driven, while only a very few have been data-driven. In this article, we aim to contribute to the latter by introducing a new data-driven method that has not been applied yet—that of non-linear principal component analysis (NLPCA). In contras…
The evolution of the civic–ethnic distinction as a partial success story: Lessons for the nationalism–patriotism distinction
This article brings, for the first time, two of the most pivotal distinctions in nationalism studies into extended dialogue: the civic–ethnic distinction (CED) and the nationalism–patriotism distinction (NPD). By reviewing both the evolution of those distinctions over the previous decades and the ways in which they have been used in quantitative empirical research, we argue that the CED's evolution has been a partial success story, whereas discou…
We do not measure what we aim to measure: Testing Three Measurement Models for Nationalism and Patriotism
The measurement models for both nationalism and patriotism originally developed by Blank and Schmidt are broadly established. Despite their widespread usage in Germany and beyond, concerns have been voiced about the operationalisation of these nation-related concepts. However, in previous scholarship little attention has been devoted to systematically reviewing the models’ validity. This paper’s major goal is to contribute substantially to resear…
The evolution of the civic–ethnic distinction as a partial success story: Lessons for the nationalism–patriotism distinction
This article brings, for the first time, two of the most pivotal distinctions in nationalism studies into extended dialogue: the civic–ethnic distinction (CED) and the nationalism–patriotism distinction (NPD). By reviewing both the evolution of those distinctions over the previous decades and the ways in which they have been used in quantitative empirical research, we argue that the CED's evolution has been a partial success story, whereas discou…
National) pride and (conceptual) prejudice: Critical Remarks on the Distinction Between Patriotism and Nationalism
Patriotism and nationalism are typically conceptualized as two distinct if not conflicting forms of national attachment. Carrying a substantial normative dimension, the former is often linked to an enlightened sense of community that takes pride in the commitment to democratic values, whereas the latter is understood as an exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation. It is this dichotomy and the categorical assumptions at its core which …
On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three‐factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism. Evidence from two representative studies
This article calls for revisiting the predominant yet flawed nationalism‐patriotism dichotomy, which has to date remained unchallenged. It advocates for a more nuanced triad: nationalism, exclusively referring to the nation; patriotism, revolving around the homeland; and democratic patriotism, with democracy as its object of attachment. This novel conceptual approach explicitly theorizes these three objects of attachment, which have hitherto rare…
Can Social Identity Theory Address the Measurement Tangle in Survey‐Based National Identity Research
Survey‐based research on national identity has long grappled with a ‘tangle’ of conflicting concepts, inconsistent use of measures and inconclusive empirical findings. This article addresses the measurement side of this tangle, evaluating whether social identity theory (SIT) can serve as a conceptual framework to clarify and organize existing indicators. Drawing on methods from content validity analysis, we examine survey instruments from the Nat…
Nationalism and political support: Longitudinal evidence from The Netherlands
[You Are German] When You no Longer Stick Out: The Meaning of Being German From the Perspective of Germans With and Without a Migrant Background
While several quantitative studies have examined civic and ethno‐cultural notions of nationhood among German citizens, the meaning of being German in general and the ambiguities of the term in particular have remained underexplored. Furthermore, this line of scholarship has examined German citizens but has neglected the perspective of Germans with a migrant background. Drawing on six focus group discussions conducted in Germany in 2023, we explor…
We do not measure what we aim to measure: Testing Three Measurement Models for Nationalism and Patriotism
The measurement models for both nationalism and patriotism originally developed by Blank and Schmidt are broadly established. Despite their widespread usage in Germany and beyond, concerns have been voiced about the operationalisation of these nation-related concepts. However, in previous scholarship little attention has been devoted to systematically reviewing the models’ validity. This paper’s major goal is to contribute substantially to resear…
Über (nationale) Bindungen: Die Trias von Nationalismus, Vaterlandsliebe und demokratischem Patriotismus
A Move Forward: Exploring National Identity Through Non-linear Principal Component Analysis in Germany
In research on national identity, scholars have developed a wide variety of approaches to measure and better understand this ubiquitous yet complex concept. To date, most of these approaches have been theory-driven, while only a very few have been data-driven. In this article, we aim to contribute to the latter by introducing a new data-driven method that has not been applied yet—that of non-linear principal component analysis (NLPCA). In contras…
The evolution of the civic–ethnic distinction as a partial success story: Lessons for the nationalism–patriotism distinction
This article brings, for the first time, two of the most pivotal distinctions in nationalism studies into extended dialogue: the civic–ethnic distinction (CED) and the nationalism–patriotism distinction (NPD). By reviewing both the evolution of those distinctions over the previous decades and the ways in which they have been used in quantitative empirical research, we argue that the CED's evolution has been a partial success story, whereas discou…
On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three‐factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism. Evidence from two representative studies
This article calls for revisiting the predominant yet flawed nationalism‐patriotism dichotomy, which has to date remained unchallenged. It advocates for a more nuanced triad: nationalism, exclusively referring to the nation; patriotism, revolving around the homeland; and democratic patriotism, with democracy as its object of attachment. This novel conceptual approach explicitly theorizes these three objects of attachment, which have hitherto rare…
National) pride and (conceptual) prejudice: Critical Remarks on the Distinction Between Patriotism and Nationalism
Patriotism and nationalism are typically conceptualized as two distinct if not conflicting forms of national attachment. Carrying a substantial normative dimension, the former is often linked to an enlightened sense of community that takes pride in the commitment to democratic values, whereas the latter is understood as an exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation. It is this dichotomy and the categorical assumptions at its core which …
“Terms such as ‘true German’ […] belong in the history books”: How Germans with and without migrant backgrounds understand concepts used in survey research on national attachments
Whilst survey research on national attachments has used various measures, the question of how respondents understand these measures, and especially the highly ambiguous concepts they entail, has remained understudied. Moreover, scholars have used samples consisting of “citizens”, thereby not distinguishing between citizens with and citizens without a migrant background. Drawing on qualitative evidence from six focus group discussions in Germany i…
The duty to remember “it”: How Germans with and without a migration history discuss the role of the Holocaust
Contributing to research on how the Holocaust is interpreted in contemporary Germany, an increasingly pluralistic immigrant society with an official memory culture that has been criticized as hegemonic and univocal, this exploratory study investigates how Germans with and without a migration history talk about the Holocaust. It asks whether the emotions and attitudes of people with a migration history differ from those of Germans without a migrat…
Nationalism and political support: Longitudinal evidence from The Netherlands
Can Social Identity Theory Address the Measurement Tangle in Survey‐Based National Identity Research
Survey‐based research on national identity has long grappled with a ‘tangle’ of conflicting concepts, inconsistent use of measures and inconclusive empirical findings. This article addresses the measurement side of this tangle, evaluating whether social identity theory (SIT) can serve as a conceptual framework to clarify and organize existing indicators. Drawing on methods from content validity analysis, we examine survey instruments from the Nat…
[You Are German] When You no Longer Stick Out: The Meaning of Being German From the Perspective of Germans With and Without a Migrant Background
While several quantitative studies have examined civic and ethno‐cultural notions of nationhood among German citizens, the meaning of being German in general and the ambiguities of the term in particular have remained underexplored. Furthermore, this line of scholarship has examined German citizens but has neglected the perspective of Germans with a migrant background. Drawing on six focus group discussions conducted in Germany in 2023, we explor…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Nationalism (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Patriotism (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)