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Economic Crisis and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: The Case of Andalusia.
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Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas . Oct-Dec2016, Issue 156, p77-95. 48p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper provides three interrelated reasons not to confound perceptions of economic group-threat with hostility toward people of foreign origin. Firstly, I argue that expansive notions of prejudice impede analyzing attitudes toward immigration and immigrants with sufficient precision. Secondly, the recent evolution in the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia illustrates divergent trajectories: anti-immigrant sentiment remained subdued despite surging unemployment and perceived conflict-of-interest. Thirdly, various factors are found to contain antiimmigrant sentiment amidst inauspicious economic circumstances and regardless of perceived group-competition. The study shows that attitudes towards immigrants hinge on a complex array of predispositions and perceptions, rather than economic facts and interests per se. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- Multiple languages
- ISSN :
- 02105233
- Issue :
- 156
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118666502
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5477/cis/reis.156.77