2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Subjective justice and national identity
| Project/Area Number |
18K02998
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
今在 慶一朗 北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40359500)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | distributive justice / national identity / autonomy / economic divide |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Group identification is well known to promote group-oriented attitudes. As national identity is a kind of group identity, it is considered to promote negative attitudes toward the economic divide and support for an indiscriminate welfare policy for all people in society. In this study, we carried out a postal survey on Japanese voters aged older than 18 years as of January 1, 2019. In total, 2,000 people were extracted from each local electoral list to be sent a questionnaire by mail. The survey area consisted of five cities across the country and two areas in each city.In total, 721 citizens responded to the survey (response rate: 36.1%). The results showed that a strong national identity promotes an orientation focused on autonomy, but not equality. These findings suggest that as opposed to criticisms of the economic divide, self-identification seems to be the most important factor in helping people justify their economic situation.
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