Donna L. Bahry
Department of Political Science
Penn State University
dbahry@psu.edu
Mikhail Kosolapov
and
Polina Kozyreva
Institute of Sociology
Russian Academy of Sciences
Rick K. Wilson
Department of Political Science
Rice University
Houston, TX
rkw@rice.edu
Abstract
We rely on a unique combination of survey and experimental data to evaluate attitudes and behavioral norms, drawn from a single, systematic random sample. This provides us with a way to assess both explicit and tacit norms. The results can help us advance the theory of nation-building by focusing on effects as well as on origins and content. They can also help us to explain how and when ethnic identity may be trumped by other norms.
