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The Common Grounds of Adherence? A Qualitative Analysis of Young Partisans’ Collective Identity

Jasmin FitzpatrickSabrina Jasmin Mayer

subject

Politikwissenschaftmedia_common.quotation_subjectCreating shared valueSocial identity approachlanguage.human_languageEpistemologyGermanIdentification (information)Conceptual frameworkCollective identitylanguageIdeologySociologySocial identity theorymedia_common

description

While party identification is one of the mostly used concepts for the explanation of vote choice, the components of party identification and the collective identity of party adherents were never explored systematically. After conceptualizing party identification within the social identity approach, we propose a research framework for the analysis of the collective identity of party adherents. Finally, in a first explorative attempt, we use this framework to analyze, as an example, the collective identity of adherents of the German parties SPD and the Greens. Although the two parties are part of the same ideological camp, we found that they both emphasize the importance of shared values, issues and goals as key components of collective identity, but they differ when it comes to the importance of the myth of origin, customs and lifestyle aspects.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25604-3_4