CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Cebotari, Sorin |
|---|---|
| Title | Breaking Social Identity through Diverse Relational Web: The case of Moldovans in Romania |
| Summary | In the present thesis I analyze social identity of Moldovans in Romania and the impact of personal relational web on identity deconstruction for the case of Moldovans in Romania. Combining different theoretical approaches I design a model which allows to explore empirically into the character of social identity of Moldovans in Romania and to observe if a specific type of personal relational web influences identity deconstruction. In order to respond the addressed question I rely on secondary data from Barometer of Public Opinion in Moldova (IPP 2012) and on primary data (questionnaires and interviews) gathered for Moldovans in Romania. Results show that Moldovans do have a different social identity from Romanians and that identity can be influenced by a diverse personal relational web. Moldovans have different perception about themselves at the both, fundamental and additional group beliefs levels. At the level of fundamental group beliefs, Moldovan social identity can be “weakened” if a person will have a relational web which includes Moldovans and Romanians alike, and if he has no preference with whom to interact or whom to trust. |
| Supervisor | Fumagalli, Matteo |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/cebotari_sorin.pdf |
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