2015
DOI: 10.4102/td.v11i4.56
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Xenophobic societal attitudes in a “new” South Africanism: Governance of public perceptions, national identities and citizenship

Abstract: This article argues that xenophobia is not a natural state of being for any society; instead, it is a product of socialisation which becomes excessive with violent abuses of the outgroup immigrants where such conduct is institutionalised through state apparatus. In this context, post-apartheid South Africanisms cannot be generalised as intrinsically xenophobic because the dreadful societal attitudes and violent abuses are evidently products of institutionalized governance for socialization of public perception… Show more

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“…Tsheola and Ramoroka (2015: 233) located ‘… the locus of xenophobic societal attitudes in a democratic South Africa in the institutionalization of exclusionary citizenship …’ and argue that the post‐apartheid South African society ‘… cannot be generalised as intrinsically xenophobic …’ (Tsheola and Ramoroka, 2015: 232). Akinola (2014) also argued that the state and its organs, through its policies and institutional practices that alienate foreign nationals create a condition for hostility of citizens against refugees and immigrants.…”
Section: The Exclusionary Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tsheola and Ramoroka (2015: 233) located ‘… the locus of xenophobic societal attitudes in a democratic South Africa in the institutionalization of exclusionary citizenship …’ and argue that the post‐apartheid South African society ‘… cannot be generalised as intrinsically xenophobic …’ (Tsheola and Ramoroka, 2015: 232). Akinola (2014) also argued that the state and its organs, through its policies and institutional practices that alienate foreign nationals create a condition for hostility of citizens against refugees and immigrants.…”
Section: The Exclusionary Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Теория коллективной угрозы подтверждается на уровне формирования ксенофобных установок, исследованных у населения Африки. Коллективная угроза рассматривается как фундаментальный компонент в управлении общественным антагонизмом, враждебностью и злоупотреблением жестокостью среди населения [22]. В целом, для понимания влияния ксенофобных установок на соответствующее поведение необходимо изучение более глубоких психологических механизмов личности, индивидуально-психологических особенностей и их взаимодействия со средой.…”
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