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dc.contributor.authorFozdar, F.
dc.contributor.authorSpittles, B.
dc.contributor.authorHartley, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:42:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:42:16Z
dc.date.created2014-05-27T20:00:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationFozdar, F. and Spittles, B. and Hartley, L. 2014. Australia Day, flags on cars and Australian nationalism. Journal of Sociology. 51 (2): pp. 317-336.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24335
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1440783314524846
dc.description.abstract

This article reports the results of research into the recent popular phenomenon of flying Australian flags on one’s car for Australia Day. A survey was undertaken in Western Australia in 2011 to ascertain who flies the flag and why. Results indicate the phenomenon was widespread, with a quarter of those surveyed displaying car-flags. A clear relationship between car-flag-flying and exclusionary nationalism is demonstrated. Car-flag-flyers rate more highly on measures of patriotism and nationalism, and feel more negative towards Muslims and asylum seekers, and more positive about the White Australia Policy. They are also significantly more likely to feel their culture and values are in danger, and have a nativist vision of Australian identity. While both groups are positive about Australia’s diversity, car-flag-flyers are more likely to feel that migrants should assimilate. The results support other literature that suggests that in some contexts the Australian flag has come to be associated with exclusionary nationalism.

dc.publisherSAGE
dc.subjectflag
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectpatriotism
dc.subjectracism
dc.subjectnationalism
dc.titleAustralia Day, flags on cars and Australian nationalism
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume1
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage2
dcterms.source.endPage20
dcterms.source.issn1440-7833
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Sociology
curtin.departmentof Technlogy
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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