Anti-immigrant prejudice in a post-socialist context: the role of identity-based explanations

Löw, Ajana and Puzić, Saša and Matić Bojić, Jelena (2022) Anti-immigrant prejudice in a post-socialist context: the role of identity-based explanations. Ethnic and racial studies, 45 (1). pp. 113-132. ISSN 0141-9870 (Print), 1466-4356 (Online)

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Abstract

IN ENGLISH: The model of ethnification posits that in post- socialist contexts ethnic identities are used as a source for political mobilization against ethnic outgroups. In Croatia, this is further amplified by collective war experiences. This paper investigates the association between identity- based variables, related to ethnification and war experiences, and anti- immigrant prejudice in Croatia. The study employed structural equation modelling of the data from a large youth sample (N = 1, 034). Higher ethnic threat, lower cultural capital, more exclusive conception of nationhood and right-wing political orientation predicted stronger anti-immigrant prejudice. Ethnic threat moderated the effect of political orientation on prejudice: under high ethnic threat there was no difference between left-wing and right-wing individuals. As the results correspond to findings from Western countries, we argue that comparable explanations of anti-immigrant prejudice may be applied to non-Western and Western contexts. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Prema modelu etnifikacije, etnički identiteti u post-socijalističkim kontekstima mogu biti korišteni pri političkoj mobilizaciji protiv drugih etničkih grupa. U Hrvatskoj je to dodatno pojačano kolektivnim ratnim iskustvima. Ovaj rad istražuje odnos između identitetskih odrednica povezanih s etnifikacijom i ratnim iskustvima te predrasuda prema imigrantima u Hrvatskoj. Podaci su prikupljeni na velikom uzorku mladih (N=1034) te obrađeni strukturalnim modeliranjem. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da su izraženija percepcija etničke prijetnje, niži kulturni kapital, isključivije poimanje nacionalnog identiteta i desna politička orijentacija povezane s izraženijim predrasudama prema imigrantima. Također, etnička prijetnja moderirala je odnos između političke orijentacije i predrasuda prema imigrantima: u uvjetima izraženije etničke prijetnje nisu nađene razlike u razini predrasuda između lijevo i desno orijentiranih pojedinaca. S obzirom na to da dobiveni nalazi korespondiraju s onima iz zapadnih zemalja, naznačuje se mogućnost da se predrasude prema imigrantima mogu na sličan način tumačiti u zapadnjačkim i nezapadnjačkim kontekstima.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Predrasude prema imigrantima u post-socijalističkom kontekstu: uloga identitetskih odrednica.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anti-immigrant prejudice, ethnic threat, conception of nationhood, political orientation, cultural capital, post-socialist countries (predrasude prema imigrantima; etnička prijetnja; poimanje nacionalnog identiteta; politička orijentacija; kulturni kapital; post-socijalističke države)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Depositing User:	Karolina
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2021 11:55
Last Modified:	13 May 2024 12:11
URI:	http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/927

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