Attitudes towards Muslim Immigrants: Evidence from Survey Experiments across Four Countries

Strabac, Zan; Aalberg, Toril; Valenta, Marko

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“…Even though we measured it differently, our finding that respondents who are socially alienated and who support less socially oriented values is consistent with the societal attachment explanation of anti-immigrant attitudes (Rustenbach, 2010). However, when it comes to "interest in politics", our finding does not support other research, which indicates there is a positive influence from the level of knowledge and information about immigrants on attitudes towards them (Strabac, Aalberg and Valenta, 2014;Rustenbach, 2010). Further research is needed in order to determine whether this finding can be attributed to the specificity of the sample, or to the context of the survey that was conducted two months after Croatia's joining of the EU, with greater media emphasis on potential immigration.…”

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“…In cross-national research conducted in the USA, the UK, Norway and Sweden in 2009, Strabac, Aalberg and Valenta (2014) found that antiMuslim attitudes are shaped by the same individual traits that influence general xenophobia, even though the results indicate that when it comes to the racial/ethnic and religious/cultural background of immigrant population, Muslim immigrants were not perceived more negatively than immigrants in general.…”

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“…individual can express towards newcomers who are perceived as competitors for different, mainly economic and social, resources and advantages, opportunities and services (see also Banovac and Boneta, 2006;Murray and Marx, 2013;Strabac, Aalberg and Valenta, 2014).…”

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Attitudes towards Immigrant Workers and Asylum Seekers in Eastern Croatia: Dimensions, Determinants and Differences

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Župarić-Iljić

2016

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SUMMARYCroatia's accession to the EU has brought new challenges and issues in researching and analysing migration flows and trends as well as attitudes and perceptions of real and potential newcomers. The aim of this paper is to explore attitudes of the residents of the two most easterly Croatian counties towards two distinct categories of newcomers: immigrant workers and asylum seekers. The research was conducted shortly after Croatia's entry into the EU, in September 2013, and the presented data are a part of a larger survey that included various migration and ethnicity issues. The survey was applied on a convenience sample of 1 110 adult respondents in two counties: Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem. Data were analysed in a series of multivariate procedures. Results indicated significant perceptions of immigrant workers within the dimension of cultural threat, along with the expression of a considerable degree of social distance towards them. Asylum seekers were further perceived as a security and economic threat. Within two analysed regression models, the effects on attitudes towards immigrant workers and asylum seekers were similar. Among the spectrum of socio-demographic variables, a statistically significant effect on both dependent variables came from age and political orientation, indicating that older and politically right-oriented respondents expressed more negative attitudes towards both groups. Among other socio-demographic variables, education was significant in predicting attitudes towards immigrant workers, while ethnicity was significant in predicting the attitudes towards asylum seekers. The second model analysed the effect of selected political attitudes and value orientations resulting in significant prediction of negative attitudes towards both groups by pronounced conservativism, support of aggression and submission, social-dominance, dominant submisMigracijske i etničke teme 32 (2016), 1: 91-122 92 sive authoritarianism and social alienation, rejecting socially oriented values and expressing greater interest in politics. Differences in prediction of dependent variables indicated that more liberal and better educated respondents had more positive attitudes towards immigrant workers, while Serbs (in comparison to Croats) and respondents rejecting anti-EU orientations had a more positive perception of asylum seekers. The results were compared to other relevant research, including the discussion of observed differences and similarities, and recommendations for further research.

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“…Few studies consider attitudes toward equal rights for specific groups as a measure of tolerance as a democratic principle (Barber et al 2013;Bridges and Mateut 2014;Isac et al 2012;Janmaat 2014;Dotti Sani and Quaranta 2017;Strabac et al 2014;Van Zalk and Kerr 2014). For instance, Barber et al (2013) considered equal rights attitudes toward immigrants, specifically, as a relevant aspect of pro-social civic engagement.…”

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Measurement Model and Invariance Testing of Scales Measuring Egalitarian Values in ICCS 2009

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Castillo

2018

IEA Research for Education

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Based on the conceptualization of democratic principles in the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2009, particularly attitudes concerning equal rights for disadvantaged groups, such as immigrants, ethnic groups and women, this chapter evaluates the extent to which the scales measuring attitudes toward gender equality, equal rights for all ethnic/racial groups and equal rights for immigrants are invariant, and to what extent they can be compared across the countries participating in the study. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis is used to estimate a measurement model of the egalitarian attitudes and its measurement equivalence across the 38 countries (n = 140,000 8th grade students) that participated in ICCS 2009. The results indicate that the original scales are non-invariant. Nevertheless, with some modifications, the proposed conceptual model was found to be invariant across countries. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the theoretical and empirical implications of the model.

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“…As previously mentioned, other studies use a similar approach to conceptualize and measure tolerance (Barber et al 2013;Bridges and Mateut 2014;Dotti Sani and Quaranta 2017;Isac et al 2012;Janmaat 2014;Strabac et al 2014; Van Zalk and Kerr 2014) but often focus only on attitudes toward equal rights for immigrants. Significantly fewer studies have focused on support for equal rights toward ethnic groups and women (Bolzendahl and Coffé 2009;Dotti Sani and Quaranta 2017).…”

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Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World: An Introduction

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Sandoval-Hernández

Miranda

2018

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The increasing diversity of student populations is a global educational trend. The relatively recent rapid influx of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, coupled with issues of increasing intolerance, social exclusion and feelings of alienation, and extremism among young people, are posing complex challenges for educational systems around the world. Education has a key role to play in preparing future generations to address these problems and ensuring that young people acquire the social, civic, and intercultural competences needed for active and successful participation in society. This book presents five empirical studies, designed to examine differing factors and conditions that may help schools and teachers in their endeavors to promote tolerance in a globalized world. The 2009 International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) provided the research data. This introductory chapter describes the overall theoretical framework, discusses key constructs, and outlines the aims guiding the five studies, concluding with an overview of all chapters.

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Attitudes towards Muslim Immigrants: Evidence from Survey Experiments across Four Countries

Cited by 83 publications

References 27 publications

Attitudes towards Immigrant Workers and Asylum Seekers in Eastern Croatia: Dimensions, Determinants and Differences

Attitudes towards Immigrant Workers and Asylum Seekers in Eastern Croatia: Dimensions, Determinants and Differences

Measurement Model and Invariance Testing of Scales Measuring Egalitarian Values in ICCS 2009

Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World: An Introduction

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