Constructing Interethnic Conflict and Cooperation: Why Some People Harmed Jews and Others Helped Them during the Holocaust in Romania

Dumitru, Diana; Johnson, Carter

doi:10.1017/s0043887110000274

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“…Studies demonstrate that state intervention can reduce out-group prejudice even within a short period of time (Dumitru & Johnson, 2011) and when the out-group is no longer present (Voigtländer & Voth, 2012b). Studies demonstrate that state intervention can reduce out-group prejudice even within a short period of time (Dumitru & Johnson, 2011) and when the out-group is no longer present (Voigtländer & Voth, 2012b).…”

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Historical Legacies of Interethnic Competition

Charnysh

2015

Comparative Political Studies

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How do historical legacies shape contemporary political outcomes? The article proposes a novel attitudinal mechanism through which distant interethnic competition can influence political preferences in the present. It theorizes that historically conditioned predispositions at the local level can moderate the effects of national-level framing of a policy issue. Using Poland as a test case, I show that subnational variation in support for EU accession was influenced by populist claims about the increase in Jewish influence in the postaccession period. Anti-Semitic cues resonated with voters in areas with historically large Jewish populations and a contentious interethnic past, where latent anti-Semitism persisted throughout the communist period. To provide evidence for this argument, the article draws on rich historical and contemporary data at the county, town, and individual level of analysis and utilizes novel research methods.

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Section: State Policiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Some states have successfully integrated their ethnic minorities and prevented intercommunal violence (Dumitru & Johnson, 2011). Some states have successfully integrated their ethnic minorities and prevented intercommunal violence (Dumitru & Johnson, 2011).…”

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Historical Legacies of Interethnic Competition

Charnysh

2015

Comparative Political Studies

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“…The two dominant groups-Uzbeks and Kyrgyz-peacefully coexisted throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Peaceful relations were partly facilitated by the radically inclusive nationality policy promoted by the Soviet Union (Dumitru and Johnson 2011).…”

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Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

2019

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Do ethnic riots affect prosocial behavior? A common view among scholars of ethnic violence is that riots increase cooperation within the warring groups, while cooperation across groups is reduced. We revisit this hypothesis by studying the aftermath of the 2010 Osh riot in Kyrgyzstan, which saw Kyrgyz from outside the city kill over 400 Uzbeks. We implement a representative survey, which includes unobtrusive experimental measures of prosocial behavior. Our causal identification strategy exploits variation in the distance of neighborhoods to armored military vehicles, which were instrumental in orchestrating the riot. We find that victimized neighborhoods show substantially lower levels of prosocial behavior. Importantly, we demonstrate that the reduction is similarly stark both within and across groups. Using qualitative interviews, we parse out two mechanisms that help explain the surprising reduction in ingroup prosociality: Victimized Uzbeks felt abandoned by their coethnics, and variation in victimization created a feeling of suspicion.

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“…The deployment of so‐called “violence entrepreneurs” can stir up and create hostilities to advance the interests of elites (see Gagnon ). Although institutional support alone is not enough to lead to amicable relations, it can create an environment to allow such relations to flourish (Dumitru and Johnson ). What is important is not just contact, but sustained contact.…”

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Send in the Corps! The Peace Corps and the Popular Perception of the United States in Latin America

Nisley

2013

Politics & Policy

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This article examines the role of the Peace Corps in U.S. foreign policy and specifically explores the role of the Peace Corps in improving the popular image of the United States. I empirically test the hypothesis that the presence of a Peace Corps program enhances a positive of view of the United States held by the people of that country. Using logistic regression analysis, I show that the presence of Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in a country positively influences individuals' views toward the United States. I analyze survey research from the region of LatinAmerica using datasets from the Latinobarometer public opinion survey. Furthermore, I present a theoretical explanation to understand how the presence of PCVs can lead to an improved perception of the United States. This explanation draws from the contact hypothesis originally proposed by Gordon Allport.

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Constructing Interethnic Conflict and Cooperation: Why Some People Harmed Jews and Others Helped Them during the Holocaust in Romania

Cited by 30 publications

References 45 publications

Historical Legacies of Interethnic Competition

Historical Legacies of Interethnic Competition

Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

Send in the Corps! The Peace Corps and the Popular Perception of the United States in Latin America

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