Naslov
National and European identity in Vojvodina ‐ differences between ethnic majority and minorities

Autori
Mihić, Vladimir ; Bodroža, Bojana ; Jelić, Dragana ; Jelić, Margareta ; Kamenov, Željka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Skup
21. Dani psihologije u Zadru

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 24.05.2018. - 26.05.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
national identity, European identity, multiculturalism, ethnic majority and minority

Sažetak
The issue of relations between national and European identities has become one of the most interesting research questions in the last couple of decades all over the Europe. Although the European identity is often examined in EU countries, several studies have shown that citizens of a non-EU country have as high or even higher levels of European identity. This is especially the case in member candidate states, although in these countries there is still a debate about the impact that the new social identity will have on the one of the oldest and most prominent one, the national identity. This paper deals with two questions. First, is there a correlation between national and European identities in Vojvodina (and whether this relation is different in Serbs and ethnic minorities that live in Vojvodina)? The second is: is there a difference in the levels of European and national identity between Serbs and ethnic minorities? The sample consisted of 646 Serbs and 330 respondents from different ethnic minorities (most prominent were Hungarians and Slovaks), heterogeneous regarding gender, age and education. The results show that there is no significant correlation between national and European identity among Serbs, but there is a low positive correlation between two identities among ethnic minorities. Also, only age and education were significant predictors of European identity (the youngest respondents age 18 to 25 and those who are more educated had the highest levels of European identity), while only education was, marginally, significant for the national identity (respondents with lowest education had the highest national identity). However, further analysis show that there is significant difference in the levels of European identity between Serbs and ethnic minorities from the EU countries who, expectedly, had higher level of European identity. This result indicates that the level of European identity in Vojvodina depends on whether the country of origin is in the EU or not. As expected, levels of national identity do not differ between members of majority groups and minority groups.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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