Perception of the minority's collective identity and voting behavior: The case of the palestinians in israel

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Abstract

The author investigated how Palestinian (n = 130) and Jewish (n = 153) Israeli university students perceived the collective identity of the Palestinian minority in Israel. The Palestinian and Jewish respondents perceived the “identity space” of the minority as linear, or bipolar, with 1 pole defined by the national (Palestinian) identity and the other defined by the civic (Israeli) label. The Palestinian respondents defined their collective identity in national (Palestinian, Arab) and integrative (Israeli-Palestinian) terms; the Jewish respondents perceived the minority's identity as integrative (Israeli-Palestinian). Different political outlooks among Palestinian respondents were related to their identification with the civic (Israeli) identity but not to their identification with the national (Palestinian) identity. In contrast, different political outlooks among Jewish respondents were related to their inclusion, or exclusion, of the national (Palestinian) component in their definition of the minority's identity. Implications of the results are discussed in terms of a minority acculturation model (J. Berry, J. Trimble, & E. Olmedo, 1986).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)753-766
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Social Psychology
Volume142
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2002

Keywords

  • Acculturation
  • Civic identity
  • Collective identity
  • Jewish university students
  • National identity
  • Palestinian minority in Israel
  • Palestinian university students
  • Voting behavior

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Psychology

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