National identity in a United Germany: Nationalism or patriotism? An empirical test with representative data

Political Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2 SPEC., 2003, Pages 289-312

  Blank, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti Semitism; National identity; Nationalism; Outgroup devaluation; Patriotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038170350     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0162-895x.00329     Document Type: Article

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