Izvorni znanstveni članak
Stability of National Pride: 1998 and 2002 Compared
Ivana FERIĆ
Josip BURUŠIĆ
Sažetak
In this paper the authors examine the changes in the expressed
degree of national pride and national attachment by comparing
the results of surveys conducted on the Croatian representative
sample in 1998 and 2002. Both surveys also examined the
respondents' evaluation of the general situation in Croatia, their
perception of major problems and achievements and
satisfaction with the realization of Croatia's major goals. The
results indicate that with the increase of pessimism and more
negative evaluation of the situation in Croatia in 2002 there is also a decline in the expressed degree of national pride.
However, a majority of Croatian citizens still expresses strong
and positive national sentiments that spring mostly from
Croatia's significant achievements in sports, national history and
armed forces, and achievements in art and literature. On the
other hand, results of both surveys show that the economic and
political achievements of Croatia do not elicit feelings of
national pride, most probably due to lasting economic, social
and political problems of the country. The examined differences
in the expressed national pride with regard to sociodemographic
characteristics confirm previous results: national pride is
significantly lower in members of the younger generation, those
who are better educated, and in urban residents.
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Hrčak ID:
16168
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Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2004.
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