National Chauvinism, Group Identity Affirmation, and Trust in International Relations

Experimental Results from Ukraine

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11048940
AutoresEunbin Chung (0000-0001-8522-8116, University of Utah, autor correspondente), Anna O Pechenkina (0000-0002-7934-9832, Utah State University)
Ano2023
Páginas1-20
Data de publicação2023-08-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2023.49
OpenAlexW4385552089
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas62

Research has found that affirming national identity can encourage the public’s trust toward a foreign adversary. On the other hand, aggressor states have attempted to recategorize identity by promoting a superordinate identity that includes both aggressor and defender states. In comparison with national identity affirmation, we test how effective emphasis of a common identity might be in the context of Russia-Ukraine and evaluate the scope conditions under which such a strategy may backfire. We propose that the effectiveness of the two identity affirmation approaches should differ across people with varying levels of national chauvinism. We expect that high-in-chauvinism individuals will experience more worldview-conflict when exposed to promotion of superordinate identity. Experimental findings on Ukrainians’ trust toward Russia in 2020 suggest a policy that emphasizes a common identity can backfire among highly chauvinistic Ukrainians in the Western region. This indicates that recategorizing one’s nation as a member of a larger group may fuel resistance among individuals with a sense of nationalistic superiority. By contrast, highlighting Ukrainian national identity boosted trust toward Russia even among the more chauvinistic respondents in the Southeastern region. This study helps identify the scope conditions of identity affirmation as a way to increase trust in international relations

Chauvinism · Collective identity · Context (archaeology · Geography · Identity (music · National identity · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Superordinate goals · Ukrainian · Law · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology