V7 Flashcards
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Political Identity: Definition
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the way that individuals categorize themselves and others, and how they understand the power relationships of domination and oppression that exist between groups
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Economic Identity: Marx
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Economic status as key source of political identity
- Bourgeoisie or proletariat
- Class‐consciousness generates self‐awareness of the political implications of belonging to an economic group
Economic status shapes political identity and choices
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Cultural Identity Weber
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- Identities are based on multiple, mainly non‐economic, factors
- Mobilization along non‐economic lines is easier because groups share cultural orientations and lived experiences
- Political cleavages as lasting salient source of political conflict based on identity that pits one group against another or several others
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Political Identity: Primordialism
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- Assumes that identities are innate and largely unchanging.
- Kinship bonds connect individuals to a collective political identity.
- Mobilization occurs when groups perceive a threat to the practice of their collective identity.
Political identity is rooted in shared historical experience
criticism:
- No explanation for…
– The emergence of collective identity
– changes in the meaning/importance of different forms of identity
– individuals changing their own identities - Primordialism tends to over‐predict conflict
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Politicizing Identity: Constructivist approach
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Kanchan Chandra
- Assumes that identities are chosen, but choice is constrained by the social context
- Political identities are malleable within limits: constrained change and visibility
- Key question: how do certain identities become politicized?
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Political Identity: Religion
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- Relationship between religious identity and democracy or non‐ democracy is a function of political factors
- Modernization theory: the greater support for secular–rational forms of political authority, the likelier democracy is to emerge
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