Název:
Collective vs. family remembrance: evidence from two Russian betrayals
Autoři:
Gharibyan, Sinara Typ dokumentu: Výzkumné zprávy
Rok:
2024
Jazyk:
eng
Edice: CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, svazek: 787
Abstrakt: Is family or collective remembrance of the distant past more powerful in shaping current behavior? To answer this question, I link two historical episodes from Armenian history separated by a century. During both World War I (WWI) and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Russia was anticipated to provide military support to Armenia, its ally, but failed to do so. I demonstrate that the memories of the first Russian betrayal were activated after the second war. I identify family memory of the first betrayal using distinct West Armenian (Ottoman Armenian) surnames and proxy collective memory through locations renamed to commemorate lost Armenian localities during WWI. The difference-in-differences (DiD) approach shows that both family and collective remembrance negatively affect pro-Russian parties’ vote share, with all the conventional assumptions of DiD verified. Family remembrance influences behavior through traumatic recall, whereas collective remembrance operates via social capital.
Klíčová slova:
collective memory; family remembrance; voting