CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP ON NATIONAL IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP ON NATIONAL IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Summary/Abstract: This essay describes some conceptual and methodological challenges for future comparative scholarship on national identity and citizenship. Conceptually, linking individual attributes with emotional/ psychological awareness in civic, political, or institutional realms is a challenge and distinguishing between ethnic and civic components is important. Methodologically, we need to capitalize on analytical techniques that allow us to frame our research questions in harmony with our selected analytical technique to maximize variability that exists among individuals, groups, and nations, and that further takes into account the nested structure of these relations. Here, I briefly discuss two techniques that are well-placed for future research on national identity and citizenship: structural equation modeling with latent variables and multilevel or hierarchical linear modeling.

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