Bein, Simon (2022) How Is Collective Identity Possible in Democracies? Political Integration and the Leitkultur Debate in Germany. POLITISCHE VIERTELJAHRESSCHRIFT, 63 (1). pp. 1-23. ISSN 0032-3470, 1862-2860
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The quest for a common collective identity has become a challenge for modern democracy: Liberal demands for greater inclusion and individual freedom, aspirations for a strong and solidaric political community, as well as nationalist or right-wing populist calls for exclusion and a preservation of hegemonic national identities are creating tensions that cannot be overlooked. This article therefore formulates the central question of how collective identity can be possible in a liberal democracy. Based on a case study on Germany, it will therefore be examined whether Leitkultur as a model of political integration can serve in generating a functional democratic collective identity. The necessary benchmarks guiding the analysis will be defined beforehand from a systems-theoretical perspective, balancing inclusion and exclusion within three crucial dimensions: normative basics, historic continuity, and affirmative bindings. The results show that a static definition of a German Leitkultur would in the long run neither achieve functional inclusion nor be able to generate the necessary cohesion of a political community, especially regarding the second and third identity dimensions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CIVIC INTEGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; WESTERN-EUROPE; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATION; Integration; Political Culture; Identity Politics; Citizenship; Systems Theory |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Politikwissenschaft > Lehrstuhl für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (Schwerpunkt Westeuropa) - Prof. Dr. Martin Sebaldt |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2024 11:35 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2024 12:53 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/56900 |
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