Attitudes of Turkish and Moroccan Belgians toward Redistribution and Government Responsibility: The Role of Perceived Discrimination, Generation, and Religious Involvement

Galle, Jolien; Abts, Koenraad; Swyngedouw, Marc; Meuleman, Bart

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“…The role of national and ethnic identification should, however, not be overestimated given the size of the standardized parameters and the relative importance of other predictors such as perceptions of group discrimination, religious involvement and the generation to which people belong. Consistent with previous research (Galle et al, 2019), Belgian citizens of Turkish or Moroccan descent with higher levels of perceived group discrimination are more in favour of redistribution (β = 0.205; p = 0.000) and compared to strictly practising Muslims, those who are non-strictly practising are less egalitarian (β = –0.203; p = 0.000). While the model estimated with the distinct measures for national and ethnic identification illustrates a significant positive effect of belonging to the second rather than first generation on support for redistribution (β = 0.174; p = 0.033), this effect is no longer significant (β = 0.150; p = 0.071) in the second model with combined identity categories.…”

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“…Perceived group discrimination was found to be related to a greater willingness to challenge income inequality and to greater support for redistribution. Furthermore, the study originally confirmed the positive association between religiosity and welfare support that has been studied within populations with Protestant, Catholic or secular denominations (Ervasti, 2012), among Muslim minorities living in Europe (Galle et al, 2019). A strong religious involvement suggests the endorsement of the Islamic visions of a just socioeconomic order with a strong emphasis on reducing the gap between rich and poor (Dean and Khan, 1997).…”

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confidence: 56%

“…A recent study aiming to expand the explanatory framework for ethnic minorities’ welfare attitudes with determinants related to their specific position within society exposed the relevance of perceived group discrimination and religious involvement (Galle et al, 2019). Based on insights from relative deprivation theory and the collective action literature, it is suggested that minority group members consider redistribution as a collective solution and desirable policy to counteract the unfair disadvantage of their in-group.…”

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Ethnic minorities’ support for redistribution: The role of national and ethnic identity

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2019

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According to liberal nationalists, sharing a national identity offers a solution to the growing concern that increasing diversity within Western societies might erode solidarity. Based on the national identity framework, a positive relation between peoples’ support for redistribution and their national identification is expected. Partially confirmed among majority group members, the aim of this study is to broaden the perspective and investigate the redistributive attitudes of people with a migration background. Since the social identification of people with a migration background is more complex and tends to be based on belonging to both the nation of residence and a specific ethnic group, we additionally consider the role of ethnic identification. We perform multivariate analyses on data from the Belgian Ethnic Minorities Election Study 2014 (BEMES), a survey conducted among Belgians of Turkish and Moroccan descent. The results confirm our hypothesis about the positive role of national identification. Ethnic identification, on the contrary, is negatively related to support for redistribution and particularly the combination of a low attachment to the country of residence and strong attachment to the country of origin is associated with lower levels of support for redistribution.

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Ethnic minorities’ support for redistribution: The role of national and ethnic identity

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2019

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“…Particularly, during the COVID-19 crisis, the issue of trust in governments is highly important and vital (He, Ma 2021;Mansoor 2021). Over time, citizens' trust in positive actions has been assessed by the government (Galle et al 2020).…”

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Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

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2022

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Urban environment management (UEM) and environmental social science (ESS) are two interconnected approaches that show significant potential for creating more sustainable and liveable cities. Their research has, however, been mainly disjointed, which may be because planning and policy have placed more emphasis on UEM than ESS at the same time. This research examined ESS in terms of the quality of life (QOL) criteria and sense of place (SOP) of citizens living by the river with the UEM intervention in the form of policies and programmes. The effects of fieldwork in the form of specialised and spatial interviews are presented in this research, which is usually ignored in the literature review of this type of analysis. The study aims to fill the current gap in this field in three European capitals by providing a reflective methodological account of fieldwork and the ‘elite interviewing’ approach. This paper produces a distinct form of the localisation of the research and sampling techniques and is as new, interactive and developing as possible. The results of the present study are underpinned by the conceptual model of research, which supports the main aim of this analysis and tries to examine the components of research in a new perspective. The findings high- lighted that maintaining and strengthening ESS for citizens living next to rivers require innovative UEM, which uses urban creativity in the field of goals, urban settlements, strategies and management solutions to provide the base for increasing the liveability of the city and improving the quality of urban life.

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“…A major crisis can be a crucial moment for consolidating governments’ political status quo. When a government announces measures in the best interests of the public, the trust among citizens changes positively ( Yousaf et al, 2016 ; Galle et al, 2020 ). A government’s decisions in emergency situations, such as stay-at-home orders, free medical facilities, and financial assistance, will increase the public’s trust in government, especially when the government gives a strong response.…”

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The impact of major public health emergencies on Trust in Government: From SARS to COVID-19

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Major public health emergencies always test the credibility of the government. The success of governments’ strategies relies on trust in government and broad acceptance of response measures. The profound experience of the epidemic often has a long-term impact on people’s cognition. We construct a difference-in-difference estimator by combining the variations of epidemic effects across cohorts and regions, and intend to evaluate the long-term effect of individuals’ early SARS experience on trust in government during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also use the instrumental variable method to overcome the endogenous problem caused by two-way causality. The results show that the impact of COVID-19 has significantly reduced trust in government of the groups who had not been exposed to the SARS epidemic (including groups who were in early childhood and the unborn during the SARS outbreak). While it has a positive impact on trust in government of people experienced SARS in adolescence, and only a little negative impact on trust in government of people experienced SARS in adulthood. We also find that the impact of COVID-19 mainly reduced the trust in government among groups socially vulnerable or without SARS experience (e.g., low income, low social status etc.). The results suggest that: (a) the trust created by governments’ successful anti-epidemic measures is long-lasting; (b) governments should pay more attention to their trust among socially vulnerable groups.

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Attitudes of Turkish and Moroccan Belgians toward Redistribution and Government Responsibility: The Role of Perceived Discrimination, Generation, and Religious Involvement

Cited by 14 publications

References 84 publications

Ethnic minorities’ support for redistribution: The role of national and ethnic identity

Ethnic minorities’ support for redistribution: The role of national and ethnic identity

Environmental social science and urban environment management: A review of pathways link- ing policies and planning to citizens living by the river

The impact of major public health emergencies on Trust in Government: From SARS to COVID-19

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