Replication Data for \"Ethnicity, National Identity and the State: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa\"

The process by which people transfer their allegiance from ethnic to national identities is highly topical yet somewhat opaque. Here I argue that one of the key determinants of national identification is membership in a “core” ethnic group, or Staatsvolk, and whether or not that group is in power. I use the example of Uganda as well as Afrobarometer data to show that, when the core ethnic group is in power (as measured by the ethnic identity of the President), members of this group identify more with the nation, but when this group is out of power members actually identify more with their ethnic group. This finding has important implications for the study of nationalism, ethnicity and African politics.

民众将自身忠诚从族群认同转向国家认同的这一过程，既是学界广泛关注的前沿议题，又尚存诸多模糊之处。本文认为，国家认同的关键决定因素之一，在于个体是否属于某一‘核心’族群（Staatsvolk），以及该族群是否掌握政权。本文以乌干达为案例，并结合非洲晴雨表（Afrobarometer）调研数据展开实证分析，结果显示：当核心族群掌握政权时（以总统的族群身份作为衡量指标），该族群成员的国家认同度显著更高；而当该族群处于在野地位时，其成员反而更倾向于认同自身的族群身份。这一研究发现对民族主义、族群研究以及非洲政治研究领域均具有重要的理论启示价值。