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My History or Our History? Historical Revisionism and Entitlement to Lead

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dc.contributor.authorHaas, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorLindstam, Emmy
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Aarhus
dc.contributor.funderDanmarks Grundforskningsfond
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:15:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-16T11:20:39Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:15:06Z
dc.date.available2024-09-16T11:20:39Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractOngoing,spirited debates from around the globe over statues,street names,symbols,and textbooks call for a greater understanding of the political effects of different historical representations. In this paper,we theorize that inclusive (exclusive) historical representations can increase (decrease) marginalized group members' perceived centrality to the nation,entitlement to speak on its behalf,and likelihood of becoming leaders. In an online experiment in India (),we randomly assign participants exercises sourced from official state textbooks containing either an exclusive,inclusive,or a neutral representation of history. We subsequently assess the supply of and demand for Muslim leadership using both an original,incentivized game and additional survey and behavioral measures. We find that inclusive historical narratives increase Muslim participants' perceived centrality and entitlement,desire to lead,and demand for real-world Muslim leaders. Battles over history can carry consequences for the leadership ambitions of marginalized individuals,for themselves and their communities. © The Author(s),2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association.
dc.description.fundingtypeThis research was funded by Aarhus University. The authors would like to thank Sofia Breitenstein, Sabine Carey, Carl Muller-Crepon, Florian Foos, Vasiliki Fouka, Patrick Kraft, Krzysztof Krakowski, Rajeshwari Majumdar, Vittorio Merola, Salma Mousa, Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen, Bhumi Purohit, Johanna Rickne, Harald Schoen, Kristina Bakkaer Simonsen and Chagai Weiss as well as participants at the NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference, APSA, ECPR, EPSA, EuroWEPS, MWEPS, ISPP and faculty at IE University, the University of Barcelona and Aarhus University for helpful comments and Marten Appel for research assistance. Haas gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination at Aarhus University and from the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF144). Our study was pre-registered with the Center for Open Science.
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dc.identifier.citationHaas, N., & Lindstam, E. (2023). My History or Our History? Historical Revisionism and Entitlement to Lead. American Political Science Review, 1-25.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542300117X
dc.identifier.issn30554
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3278
dc.journal.titleAmerican Political Science Review
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.departmentHuman Resources & Organisational Behaviour
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.projectIDDNRF: DNRF144
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
dc.rightsAttribution 4,0 International
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