Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Internal Memory Divided: Conspiratorial Thinking, Ideological and Historical Cleavages in Croatia ; Lessons for Europe

This paper explores the main cleavages of the Croatian body politic, their interrelation and consequences for political behavior and collective identities through the two nationally representative surveys conducted in 2007 and 2012 in time of parliamentary elections. The results show significant relationship between recent political cleavages, expressed through conspiracy theories, and the one from the Second World War. Analyzed conspiratorial interpretations, as well as historical legacy of military affiliation of ancestors in the Second World War are substantial predictors of party preferences. But, predictive power of these interpretations varies due to the level and issues of party competition in these two elections. Furthermore, different type conspiracy theories promote different political values, goals and identities and express wider political antagonism between nationalism and democratization. Also, analyzed conspiracy theories are highly correlated to the perception of “simulated democracy”, which is the common problem of newly established democracies, as well as the symptom of more global political crisis.

ISSN
2285-4916
Umfang
Seite(n): 16-33
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Erschienen in
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 2(4)

Thema
Politikwissenschaft
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Kroatien
politische Entwicklung
politische Einstellung
politische Willensbildung
politische Kultur
kollektive Identität
Nationalismus
Demokratie
Parteipolitik
Wahrnehmung

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Blanuša, Nebojša
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wann)
2013

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-360270
Rechteinformation
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
Letzte Aktualisierung
21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ

Datenpartner

Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.

Objekttyp

  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Beteiligte

  • Blanuša, Nebojša

Entstanden

  • 2013

Ähnliche Objekte (12)