Attitudes of young Czechs towards immigration: comparison of 2011 and 2016

Abstract

The paper aims to analyse the attitudes towards immigration among Czech youth and their changes on two distinct surveys of young Czechs (aged 14-19) held in 2011 and 2016, the years before and after a period of a greatly increased inflow of migrants to the European Union. In these surveys, special focus was given to changes in attitudes and factors influencing attitudes in each year. The results show that there was not a big difference in attitudes between both samples. Nevertheless, looking closely at the results, we found two main differences. The first was higher polarisation of answers in survey from 2016 than from the one held in 2011. The second one was in factors influencing answers, mainly in the statement on having an immigrant among close friends.

World-mindedness of young people during the rise in migration in Europe: a case study of Czechia, Finland, Germany and The Netherlands

“…In total, participants of this study were open-minded in "culture and attitudes to others" and "education and learning", while more national tendencies were revealed in "patriotism" and "economy and migration". This is in line with the findings of previous studies (Béneker et al, 2013, Hanus et al, 2017, Pavelková et al, 2020. Nonetheless, when comparing the data to 2010, a greater national emphasis on "economy and migration" in Czechia and "culture and attitudes to others" in Germany was identified.…”

“…in the labour market (in case of countries with lower purchase power), cultural traditions. On the other hand, contact theory can help us explain the higher level of world-mindedness in countries with high numbers of asylum seekers -having direct contact with immigrants positively influences the openness of the population to them (Pavelková et al, 2020). Nevertheless, the influence of group threat theory on young people, when group threat is often spread via traditional media, can be weakened by not using traditional media and rather following social networks in their "social bubble" instead.…”

“…The topic of immigration was considered one of the top issues. The manner of such debates was often manipulative (Pavelková et al, 2020). Compared to the rest countries taking part, Czech economy is weaker, with a purchase parity of approx.…”

“…At the same time, however, many of the young participants prioritised their personal and national interests over wider global aspects, such as sharing welfare and giving up specific rights (Béneker et al, 2013). Subsequently, the research was carried out in a selection of countries in Central and Eastern Europe (Czechia, Hungary and Serbia) in 2011 (Hanus, Řezníčková, Marada, & Benéker, 2017;Pavelková, Hanus, & Hasman, 2020). The findings showed that students in these countries, especially in Czechia and Hungary, were more nation-minded, while Serbian students manifested a higher level of world-mindedness with scores close to the Western countries.…”

Influencia del Profesorado en las Actitudes hacia la Inmigración de los Alumnos. Evidencias desde PISA 2018

“…La literatura ha encontrado, además, diferencias de género en las actitudes hacia la inmigración, señalando que las mujeres son más propensas a tener actitudes positivas hacia los inmigrantes que los hombres (Moldes-Anaya et al, 2018;Pavelková et al, 2020). Este fenómeno podría explicarse a través de la teoría de la dominancia social de Sidanius y Pratto (Pratto et al, 1994), la cual postula que los hombres tienen una mayor aceptación de las jerarquías y de las desigualdades sociales, así como una mayor inclinación a emprender acciones para resolver o eliminar aquello que puede suponer una amenaza (Alivernini et al, 2019).…”