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Patriotism - Insights from Israel (Hardcover)
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Patriotism - Insights from Israel (Hardcover)
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The major goal of this study is to uncover which social variables
are capable of encouraging or discouraging patriotism. In other
words, it aims to locate the basics of the social machinery that
motivates individuals to set aside their personal well being and
sacrifice their resources for the sake of the common good. However,
this research also examines the social predictors of patriotism
through a quest for the hierarchy of their importance. Following a
thorough assessment of each variable, given that in real life none
of them act in isolation, the great question is which social factor
is dominant and which might practically be counted as
ineffective.The book establishes an integrative overview of a
relatively understudied social phenomenon. Patriotism has been
examined and related to in bibliographical sources to which this
study refers; however, this book enables a large overview of the
different approaches and integrates a cohesive approach.In addition
to the theoretical discussion, the presentation and analyses of
empirical date enable a practical evaluation of the concepts that
have been developed. Data from large-scale surveys data, together
with in-depth interviews, enable a rare opportunity to confirm or
to invalidate some existing theories, in particular those focusing
on the social conditions for patriotism.All in all, then, this
research provides a systematic inquiry of patriotism and its social
and political causes. Yet beyond the conclusions stemming from its
numerous quantitative and qualitative data, it also presents a
holistic point of view and manages to put together the pieces that
form one of the most unique social phenomena.Among other findings,
the book presents research that invalidates a theoretical concept
according to which patriotism is closer to conservatism than to
liberalism. Whereas surveys and polls show a tendency of right-wing
politicians to be more patriotic than leftists, this book has gone
the extra mile of statistically analyzing the data in a
multivariate regression; that is, examining how political attitudes
affect patriotism in reality, once all the factors act together.
This statistical analysis shows clearly how in practice political
attitude is very loosely connected to patriotism. In addition to
that, the patriotic conservative in-depth interviewees of this
study have been inspired to love their country by their political
ideologies just like the patriotic liberal interviewees. This
finding thus reinforces how the accusations of one political party
against another for not being patriotic should be taken with more
than a grain of salt.The book will be of interest to specialists
and students in the field of the social and political sciences,
especially those whose research focus on social behavior in
political contexts.
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