Presidents’ Ethnic Identity and Citizens’ National Attachment in Africa
Presidents’ Ethnic Identity and Citizens’ National Attachment in Africa
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非洲总统的民族认同与公民的民族归属感
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发表时间：
2019
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0.6
通讯作者：
Dominika Koter
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作者：
Dominika Koter
摘要 国家领导人的民族认同对公民的民族认同有影响吗？这个问题在非洲的种族多元化国家尤其重要，这些国家的民族认同通常被认为不发达，种族分歧在社会上很突出。我认为公民的民族情感受到国家总统的种族血统的影响。通过使用非洲晴雨表关于民族依恋程度随时间变化的跨国数据，并结合领导人种族的数据，我发现，在总统换届之后，新总统的同族裔国家认同感相对于非同族裔族裔有所增加。
Abstract Does the ethnic identity of a country’s leader have an effect on citizens’ national identity? This question is particularly relevant in ethnically diverse states in Africa where national identity is commonly regarded as underdeveloped and ethnic divisions are socially salient. I argue that citizens’ national attachment is affected by the ethnic origin of their countries’ presidents. Using cross-country data from the Afrobarometer on levels of national attachment over time, combined with data on leaders’ ethnicities, I show that following a presidential transition national identification among the new presidents’ coethnics increases relative to that of non-coethnics.