| No 16
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Competing Patterns of National Identity in Postcommunist Hungary |
| Institution |
Institute of Sociology Eotvos; Lorand University: Budapest, Hungary |
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Publication (Journal) |
Media, Culture and Society 13 no. 3 (July 1991): 325-39 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1991 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
A theoretical framework was developed to facilitate the investigation of the cognitive and affective contents of Hungarian national identity among intellectuals, based on a twofold historical typology of national ideology. As a function of the level of social mobility and religious background, modern and traditional patterns of national identity were identified among Hungarian intellectuals. The theoretical framework was corroborated on the basis of two sets of data collected from questionnaires administered to selected Hungarian intellectuals in 1983 and 1989. A comparative analysis indicated shifts in the contents and patterns of national identity due to the transition process from state socialism to postcommunism. Modern and traditional patterns of national identity among Hungarian intellectuals were found to be competing with each other. |
| Discipline(s) |
sociology
, demography
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| Source(s) |
survey
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