Migrants, Minorities, Belongings and Citizenship. Glocalization and ...

1. Variable Principal Normalization used.
2. All dimensions with an eigenvalue over 1 included.
3. Ranking dicretization used.
4. Total variance accounted for 82,23% (rounded).
Each of the 5 dimensions illustrated in the columns of Table 6 shows a particular
multidimensional belonging model that the data set comprises. The variable loadings that
characterize a dimension the most have been marked with different colors. It is possible
to interpret the CATPCA-results from different angles. For the purposes of this report, I
will first briefly give my suggestion of what each dimension means and then shortly
comment on how respondents’ degree of European belonging relates to other singular
types of belonging in each dimension. It is important to remember again that these
results relate to the attendants of glocal spaces and are not representative of the
belonging profiles of countries’ populations.
Dimension 1: Individualist-national versus subnational/supranational belonging
The respondents who score high on the first dimension are interpreted as identifying
themselves most with their own individual belongings and their territorial nation-states.
They relate themselves to the world as not only individual men and women, but also as
members of their nations and of the humanity (cf. global belonging loads with 0,597 on
dimension-1). Examining these respondents’ statements during qualitative interviews,
one may state that this type of multidimensional belonging represents a pragmatic and
non-ethnicist approach to the nation-state as the protector of the modern individual
freedom. Thus, they do not conceive of national belonging as something that divides
humanity but as a non-collectivist instrument for the achievement of individual goals. On
the other hand, respondents scoring low on this dimension are interpreted as identifying
themselves as members of their subnational ethnic groups, political groups, and of
Europe – i.e. a multicultural Europe based on collective ethnic cultures rather than on
national, religious, or global belongings. Global, individual, national, religious,
transnational belongings play little role in their belonging profile. This dimension accounts
for 26% of the total variance.
Dimension 2: Collectivist-transnational versus glocal belonging
The respondents who score high on this dimension identify themselves most with
collective references of belonging – such as religion, ethnicity, and nation. They relate
themselves to the world through both their national-territorial and subnational
belongings, herein primarily as members of their ethnic groups. Although subnational
ethnic and religious belongings seem to be the main ingredients of their profile, they
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