Religion and nation : identity manipulation in diverse societies
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This research examines the ways in which national and religious identities condition cooperation in a diverse society, thus ameliorating or exacerbating the challenges posed by diversity for economic development. It asks whether national and Islamic identities in Indonesia---promoted by the main ideological camps in the country---can affect the ease of cooperation across ethnic and religious lines in a large and diverse population. The research employed a novel methodological approach that combined behavioral economic experiments with randomized psychological priming for identity. The results show the efficacy of both national and Islamic identities in conditioning inter-ethnic and inter-religious generosity. The study explores the political contexts of the results in Indonesia and the specific motivations behind patterns of behavior exposed in the lab. It demonstrates both the malleability of identity to political manipulation and the limits of this manipulation set by the power and status relations in society.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Sachs, Nathan Benjamin |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science |
| Primary advisor | Laitin, David D |
| Thesis advisor | Laitin, David D |
| Thesis advisor | Fearon, James D |
| Thesis advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Advisor | Fearon, James D |
| Advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Nathan B. Sachs. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2011. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2011 by Nathan Benjamin Sachs
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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