TY  - THES
AB  - This research examines whether identification with Germany is compatible with benevolent attitudes toward foreigners and can motivate commitment against hostility to foreigners. For this purpose, on the basis of psychological research on types of nation-related orientations, a configurative model of constructive patriotism is developed. According to this model, constructive patriots are people who identify with Germany, endorse prosocial and democratic values, and show a readiness for political participation. Inspired by social psychological research on the black sheep effect (Marques et al., 1988) it is assumed that constructive patriots are motivated to act against hostility to foreigners because they regard xenophobic Germans as "black sheep" - as Germans, who violate identity-relevant norms, thereby threaten positive identity of the group of Germans and therefore call for political counteraction.
With three different data sets individuals are classified according to specific configurations of national identification, political values, and readiness for political participation. In all three studies constructive patriots can be identified. They are not characterized by hostile but rather benevolent attitudes toward foreigners. In studies 2 and 3 further analyses are possible. In study 2, using data from a project on psychological consequences of the German unification ("GiP"), constructive patriots show the highest level of readiness to commitment against hostility to foreigners. This result is based in part on the fact that constructive patriots in comparison with other groups perceive a higher level of threat to national identity by hostility to foreigners. In study 3, an Internet experiment on evaluation of violent behavior, constructive patriots again are those who react most negatively and with the strongest readiness for commitment. Simultaneously, all participants reacted more strongly to violent acts committed by German perpetrators than to acts committed by foreigners. This effect can be explained by the fact that threat to national identity is perceived as higher for German than for foreign perpetrators. Contrary to predictions, however, this black sheep effect is not stronger in constructive patriots than in the other groups.
The results show that national identification in a constructive way is compatible with benevolent attitudes toward foreigners and fosters the readiness to act against hostility to foreigners. However, because non-patriotic people are as little or even less hostile to foreigners, it cannot be concluded on a normative level that from a democratic perspective, calling for stronger national feelings is desirable.
DA  - 2003
KW  - Deutschland , Fremdenfeindlichkeit , Patriotismus , Engagement , Politische Psychologie , Fremdenfeindlichkeit , Patriotismus , Soziale Identität , Politisches Engagement , Experiment , Sozialpsychologie , Xenophobia , Patriotism , Social Identity , Political involvement , Experiment
LA  - ger
PY  - 2003
TI  - Von konstruktiven Patrioten und schwarzen Schafen : nationale Identifikation und Engagement gegen Fremdenfeindlichkeit
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:361-5004
Y2  - 2024-11-22T00:48:10
ER  -