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Economic forces and anti-immigrant attitudes in Western Europe : a paradox in search of an explanation
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Date Issued
2005-03
Date Available
2010-09-29T15:42:10Z
Abstract
Greater economic hardship is widely conceived as conducive to higher
levels of majority hostility towards minority groups. Research in the classical social-
psychological tradition as well as data on political trends support such a view.
However, more recent survey and experimental findings cast doubt on the economic
deprivation model of out-group hostility. O’Connell examines responses to sections
of the European Social Survey that suggest that economic deprivation is still linked
to out-group hostility, and argues that this position is contradicted by recent trends
in anti-immigrant politics: electoral support for far-right parties has been more
prevalent in wealthier and more materially secure societies than in poorer ones. He
offers an explanation for this apparent paradox, suggesting that increased economic
security has both direct and indirect effects on a society, and that these effects run
counter to each other. As economic scarcity decreases, concerns over economic
rivalry decline but new concerns related to integration emerge, particularly as the
society becomes more attractive to migrants.
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Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Patterns of Prejudice
Volume
39
Issue
1
Start Page
60
End Page
74
Copyright (Published Version)
2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd
Subject – LCSH
Immigrants--European Union countries--Public opinion
Immigrants--Public opinion--Economic aspects
Minorities--Public opinion--Economic aspects
Minorities--European Union countries--Public opinion
European Union countries--Ethnic relations
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1461-7331 (electronic)
0031-322X (paper)
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