Explaining ethnic polarization over attitudes towards minority rights in Eastern Europe: A multilevel analysis

Evans, Geoffrey; Need, Ariana

doi:10.1016/s0049-089x(02)00018-2

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“…By contrast, several studies have found no significant relationship (Evans and Need 2002;Hjerm 2007;Schlueter and Scheepers 2010), while others have found a positive association (e.g., Wagner et al 2003Wagner et al , 2006 between the relative size of the minority population and positive out-group attitudes. For this positive relation, Wagner and colleagues have argued that diverse neighbourhoods may provide more opportunities for positive intergroup contact, which can decrease citizens' negative attitudes.…”

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“…Previously, the country-level study of Hjerm (2007), the region-level study of Evans and Need (2002), and the municipality-level study of Schlueter and Scheepers (2010) have indicated that perceived as well as actual minority proportion have no straightforward link with attitudes towards ethnic minorities. Semyonov and colleagues (2004), however, found a main effect for subjective (but not for objective) diversity at the district-level.…”

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Diversity and Out-Group Attitudes in the Netherlands: The Role of Authoritarianism and Social Threat in the Neighbourhood

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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Diversity and Out-Group Attitudes in the Netherlands: The Role of Authoritarianism and Social Threat in the Neighbourhood

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“…Not much attention has been paid, however, to people's attitudes towards minority rights and the social psychological factors explaining these attitudes (but see, for example, Evans & Need, 2002;McIntosh, MacIver, Abel, & Nolle, 1995;Scheepers, Gijsberts, & Coenders, 2002). In addition, existing studies tend to examine the majority group's views on minority rights while ignoring the perspectives of minority groups.…”

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“…Apart from size and status, there are always many other group characteristics (e.g., cultural and historical) that may explain the differences found. To avoid such problems, a whole array of groups and nations should be studied (Evans & Need, 2002;Scheepers et al, 2002). Alternatively, an experimental approach can be taken, and in social psychology many experiments have examined the importance of group size and group status for intergroup relations (see Ellemers & Barreto, 2001;Mullen, Brown, & Smith, 1992;Simon, Aufderheide, & Kampmeier, 2001, for reviews).…”

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The Endorsement of Minority Rights: The Role of Group Position, National Context, and Ideological Beliefs

Verkuyten

Yildiz

2006

Political Psychology

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The present research was conducted in the Netherlands and used an experimental design to examine the endorsement of minority rights among Turkish and Kurdish participants in two framed, national contexts: the Netherlands and Turkey. In the Dutch context, each group is a minority, whereas in the Turkish context the Kurds are an oppressed national minority and the Turks are the national majority. The results showed that the Turks were less in favor of minority rights in the Turkish context than in the Dutch context, whereas the Kurds were more in favor of minority rights in the Turkish than in the Dutch context. In addition, the endorsement of minority rights was related to beliefs about majority rule, state unity, and ingroup identification, as well as to cultural diversity and perceived pervasive discrimination. The associations with the former three measures differed between the two groups and the two national contexts, whereas the latter two measures had main effects on the endorsement of minority rights.

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“…Older, less educated people and extrinsic believers -characterized by an instrumental approach to religion -generally show less favourable attitudes towards cultural diversity. These differences are mainly interpreted into the framework of group threat theory (Quillian, 1995;McLaren, 2003;Evans and Need, 2002). The (realistic or perceived) threat from a minority and subordinate group is often seen as the single best indicator of negative attitudes towards out-groups (Paxston and Mughan 2006).…”

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Multiculturalisms: An overview of multicultural debates in western societies

Colombo

2015

Current Sociology

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This article presents an overview of multicultural debates in Western societies. It introduces the key theoretical approaches, the main criticisms and it identifies current and future topics of discussion and analysis.keywords cultural difference -inclusion/exclusion -recognition -cultural rights -integration résumé Cet article présente un aperçu des débats multiculturels dans les sociétés occidentales. Il introduit les principales approches théoriques ainsi que les principales critiques. Il identifie également les sujets actuels et futurs de discussion et d'analyse.mots-clés différence culturelle -inclusion/exclusion -reconnaissance -droits culturels -intégration resumen En este artículo se presenta un resumen de los debates multiculturales en las sociedades occidentales. Se introducen las principales perspectivas teóricas, así como las principales críticas. También identifica los temas actuales y futuras de la discusión y el análisis. palabras claves diferencia cultural -inclusión/exclusión -reconocimiento -derechos culturalesintegración IntroductionThe term 'multiculturalism' has become very popular in the last few decades and, as often happens to popular words, it has ended up expressing quite different meanings. In this short essay, only a very concise and (personally) selective presentation of the current debate and the rich literature on this subject is possible. In fact, multicultural discussions refer to a wide variety of situations -integration policies and welfare-state regimes, the legal and political accommodation of cultural diversity, the management of immigration and national borders, the recognition and respect of cultural/religious difference, living with 'difference' in daily contexts, the ideological representation of identities, cultures and 'the good society', to name only a few. These also involve different disciplinesphilosophy, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, political science, pedagogy, and cultural and post-colonial studies -with their own distinct questions, perspectives, and tool-kits. All this justifies the use of the term in the plural to highlight its polysemy and accounts for the inevitable partiality of this presentation, which mainly focuses on Western societies. This essay aims to offer the necessary coordinates to locate these debates in an approximate, although I hope useful, map. It starts exploring the various meanings difference can assume in the debate on multicultural societies. The second section sets out the main ways in which multicultural issues have been developed and critically discusses some aporias of the multicultural perspectives. The third section presents the alleged current multiculturalism backlash, while the final part highlights some current directions of research.

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Explaining ethnic polarization over attitudes towards minority rights in Eastern Europe: A multilevel analysis

Cited by 106 publications

References 33 publications

Diversity and Out-Group Attitudes in the Netherlands: The Role of Authoritarianism and Social Threat in the Neighbourhood

Diversity and Out-Group Attitudes in the Netherlands: The Role of Authoritarianism and Social Threat in the Neighbourhood

The Endorsement of Minority Rights: The Role of Group Position, National Context, and Ideological Beliefs

Multiculturalisms: An overview of multicultural debates in western societies

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