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War violence, nationalism, and party support: Evidence from Italy

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  • Giacomo Lemoli
  • Gloria Gennaro

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Under what conditions can legacies of past violence shape political behaviour? We propose a theory of how war victimization defines attitudes over the long run, and how these can be activated by changes in the political environment. We argue that exposure to violence by members of a different ethnic group generates hostility that spills over other outgroups; this latent hostility resonates with nationalist appeals to ingroup (national) identity against non-nationals.

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  • Giacomo Lemoli & Gloria Gennaro, 2023. "War violence, nationalism, and party support: Evidence from Italy," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-22, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Hadzic, Dino & Carlson, David & Tavits, Margit, 2020. "How Exposure to Violence Affects Ethnic Voting," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(1), pages 345-362, January.
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    Political economy; War; Violence; Nationalism;
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