From Inclusive Identities to Inclusive Societies: Exploring Complex Social Identity in the Western Balkans

Žeželj, Iris and Petrović, Nebojša and Branković, Marija and Jovanović, Olja and Pavlović, Maša and Vladisavljević, Marko and Frichand, Ana and Blazevska-Stoilkovska, Biljana and Turjačanin, Vladimir and Dušanić, Srđan and Teofilović, Irena and Lalić, Siniša and Čehajić-Clancy, Sabina and Pulić, Maja and Pajaziti, Ali and Rustemi, Agron and Qose, Admir and Maloku-Bërdyna, Edona and Kelmendi, Kaltrina (2016) From Inclusive Identities to Inclusive Societies: Exploring Complex Social Identity in the Western Balkans. [Study]

Study description

In post-conflict societies the mayor disparities reflect the specific ethnic and religious composition and give evidence of institutionalized discrimination. Minority groups are often socially deprived with unequal access to resources. A great deal of recent social-psychological research repeatedly confirms a strong connection between the inclusiveness of individuals' identities with their support for inclusiveness of the society as a whole (Bodenhausen, 2010). In order to enhance regional and in-country cohesion, more inclusive religious and ethnic identities as well as alternative identities (European, regional, gender, sub-cultural) need to be cultivated, beside ethnic and religious ones. One important route to it is to define the conditions that foster complex social identity (SIC). The relevant research has demonstrated that people with more complex social identities show higher inter-group tolerance, are more ready to volunteer and be socially active and also, are more likely to endorse social policies relevant to out-groups. This project aims to develop a complex research design intended to deeply explore antecedents and consequences of SIC in the selected countries. Main Objectives were: 1. To explore via interviews the nature and structure of social identity among young people in Western Balkan countries; establish similarities and differences in different social contexts (different countries, different microenvironments - ethnically homogenous or heterogeneous, from the perspective of minority or majority, different socio-demographic background); 2. To explore the relationships between social identity complexity and a number of socially relevant attitudes and behaviours: social dominance orientation, political cynicism, trust in institutions, conservatism-liberalism, attitudes and distance towards out-groups, attitudes toward antidiscrimination policy (i.e. affirmative action) and civic activism; 3.To define contexts that foster complex social identity. As for media appearances, we have the following web pages: https://www.facebook.com/sibyouth https://vimeo.com/186140752 http://mondo.rs/a915816/Info/Drustvo/Istrazivanje-o-mladima-u-regionu.html http://sibyouth.org/en/ ISPP conference: http://www.ispp.org/uploads/attachments/13June_FULL_PROGRAM_2016_CLEAN_v1.pdf Linkovi ka medijima: http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/346669/Pogledi/Socijalni-identiteti-mladih https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4LG_B06pg&feature=youtu.be http://www.6yka.com/novost/100917/istrazivanje-saznajte-kakvi-su-meduetnicki-odnosi-vecine-i-manjine-u-regiji

Keywords:	Social identity complexity, Western Balkans, social Identity Inclusiveness, social Identity, ethnicity, religiosity, nationality, youth
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2019 12:40
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2019 12:40
URI:	http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/53
Additional details Additional details Alternative title: Od inkluzivnih identiteta ka inkluzivnim društvima: Istraživanje kompleksnosti socijalnih identiteta u Zapadnom Balkanu Creators: Creators Email Žeželj, Iris UNSPECIFIED Petrović, Nebojša UNSPECIFIED Branković, Marija UNSPECIFIED Jovanović, Olja UNSPECIFIED Pavlović, Maša UNSPECIFIED Vladisavljević, Marko UNSPECIFIED Frichand, Ana UNSPECIFIED Blazevska-Stoilkovska, Biljana UNSPECIFIED Turjačanin, Vladimir UNSPECIFIED Dušanić, Srđan UNSPECIFIED Teofilović, Irena UNSPECIFIED Lalić, Siniša UNSPECIFIED Čehajić-Clancy, Sabina UNSPECIFIED Pulić, Maja UNSPECIFIED Pajaziti, Ali UNSPECIFIED Rustemi, Agron UNSPECIFIED Qose, Admir UNSPECIFIED Maloku-Bërdyna, Edona UNSPECIFIED Kelmendi, Kaltrina UNSPECIFIED Type of data: quantitative data Study period: From To 1 September 2014 30 June 2016 Temporal coverage: From To November 2015 June 2015 Date: 26 August 2016 Geographic coverage: Four countries, two cities in each country: Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Pazar), Macedonia (Skopje, Tetovo), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka, Sarajevo) and Kosovo (Prishtina, Mitrovica). Study method: They planned to interview a total of 800 young people (aged 20 to 30 years), from four Western Balkan countries: Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Pazar), Macedonia (Skopje, Tetovo), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka, Sarajevo) and Kosovo (Prishtina, Mitrovica). They planned to have 100 participants per town. In each country, two towns were chosen: one in which ethnic majority on state level has majority status, and the other in which it has minority status. In each town, we targeted to have at least one third of ethnic minorities. The sample frame within each city was balanced gender-wise and based on majority-minority status. We also aimed to have a diversity in education level of the respondents, so we further divided the quota based on the highest level of the educational attainment achieved. They collected the sample via passive snowballing method. In each city the researchers assigned university students to find the respondents to participate in the survey, broken down by quotas. They collected the data in lab conditions. Respondents were required to come to the prearranged facilities (rooms), which had computers with internet access. The data were collected via Electronic questionnaire, based on Qualtrics survey platform. Maximum 3 persons were tested simultaneously. Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: UK Data Archive Copyright holders: RRPP Contact email address: zezelj.iris@gmail.com Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 12:40