Explaining stability and change of territorial identities

Bibliographic Data

ID6306380
AuthorsCameron D Anderson (0000-0002-4334-5696, Department of Political Science Social Science Centre The University of Western Ontario London ON Canada, corresponding author), R Michael Mcgregor (0000-0003-3845-0042, NIC 103 Bishop's University Sherbrooke QC Canada)
Year2016
Volume22
Issue1
Pages84-102
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12152
OpenAlexW2216296573
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited44

A significant body of work examines the presence and strength of territorial political identities (either subnational, national or supranational). A common assumption of this literature is that the presence and strength of these political identities are invariant over time. Given the importance of political identity, it is surprising that this assumption has not been empirically tested. We address this omission by testing this assumption through considering the question of who is most likely to exhibit variation in the reporting of territorial identities and why. We posit that one source of instability in territorially based political identity is rooted in cognitive dissonance which emerges through the interaction of partisanship and electoral outcomes. We explore these questions using panel data from the British Election Study (1997–2001), the Canadian Election Study (2004–2008). Results reveal that the territorial identities of Labour and Liberal partisans, in Britain and Canada respectively, are compatible with expectations

Cognitive dissonance · Economics · Identity (music · Political economy · Political science · Political stability · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology

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