Identities and (Anti-)globalization Attitudes

Abstract

This panel will explore the links between social identities and perceptions of the processes of globalization from different perspectives. The rise of right-wing populist parties is often viewed as a symptom of a backlash to the increasing economic and cultural globalization, a reaction rooted in perceived insecurity, social threat, or cultural grievances. Furthermore, the growing relevance of migration across the globe poses the question of whether migrants retain or modify the level of social trust prevalent in their origin country to the one in the destination country, thus affecting changing social trust under globalization. At the same time, research on national identity and nationalism tends to explain nationalist voting or the rise of nationalist parties by employing rather vague conceptualizations. Against this background, papers in this panel propose to study nationalism in the context of globalization as a particular type of social identity, which distinguishes between different dimensions of national identity relating to threats to social status.

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The Many Faces of Free Trade: Determinants of Abstract and Concrete Trade Support	View Paper Details
Anxiety in Times of Globalization: Populism and the Advent of Ontological Insecurity in Germany	View Paper Details
Status Threat and National Identity: How Contemporary Societal Shifts Reshape Attitudes Towards the Nation	View Paper Details