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Modernization shifts national identities from ascribed to instrumental ones. This transition, particularly evident in developed societies, impacts how individuals identify in response to global changes like migration.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Political Science
  • Development Studies

Background:

  • Societies exhibit diverse national identities, including ascribed (birth, territory, religion) and voluntarist (civic features) types.
  • The compatibility of different identity forms with societal modernization is a key area of sociological and political inquiry.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between national identities and modernization.
  • To test the hypothesis that not all identity forms are equally compatible with modernization, measured by the Human Development Index.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the relationship between national identities and modernization.
  • Utilized multilevel regression models to confirm findings.

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  • Modernization leads to a decrease in ascribed identities.
  • Voluntarist identities may decrease or persist, coexisting with instrumental supranational identifications in developed nations.

Conclusions:

  • Increasing modernization drives a shift from classical, especially ascribed, identities towards instrumental identifications.
  • These identity shifts are relevant in contemporary contexts marked by mass migration and unpredictable global effects.