Abstract
Abstract This article analyzes the interplay between national identity and democracy. Multilevel models were tested using European Value Survey (EVS 2017), which includes 30 countries in total. On the individual level, emphasis on non-voluntary features of national identity, where national membership depends on the accident of origin, relates to lower support for democracy. At the country level, the level of actual democracy was taken in to account (Varieties of Democracy 2017). In general, higher levels of actual democracy correlate with stronger support for the ideal democracy, yet, a high level of actual democracy amplifies the negative relationship between non-voluntary national identity and support for democracy.
Highlights
Political theory has held national identity as important to democracy, primarily because democratic beliefs need a source of community
My first hypotheses state that people who articulate higher levels of non-voluntary features of national identify are less supportive of democracy
H3 suggests that high level of actual democracy contributes to the internalization of support for the ideal democracy, which should reduce the differences in support for democracy between non-voluntary national identity and others
Summary
Political theory has held national identity as important to democracy, primarily because democratic beliefs need a source of community. How does the level of actual democracy affect individual relationships between non-voluntary national identity and support for the ideal democracy? Via free access with country-level data from Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem 2017), I show that the non-voluntary national identity correlates negatively with support for democracy.
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