CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Coggio, Dana |
|---|---|
| Title | When Identity meets Conformity: ethnic, racial, and national identity in the face of U.S. military service |
| Summary | Given its diverse nature, the U.S. military has long played an influential role in expanding the sociological boundaries of the nation. In the U.S. military, diverse service members learn to engage and interact across ethnic, racial and national borders in order to serve a single cause. This research interviewed current and former members of the U.S. military in order to understand the impact of ethnic, racial or national identity on military service perspectives. According to Frederik Barth, ethnic groups and boundaries can remain salient even when individuals cross boundaries and engage with non-group members. However, as Henri Tajfel’s Social Identity Theory helps to uncover, the U.S. military is effective at creating a new in-group amongst recruits through organizational socialization. As such, it was hypothesized that members of the U.S. military would have their perspectives on military service influenced by their ethnic, racial and/or national identity. It was found that such identities negligibly impacted a service member's view of military service. |
| Supervisor | Varadí, Luca |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/coggio_dana.pdf |
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