Political elite discourses polarize attitudes toward immigration along ideological lines. A comparative longitudinal ana...
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Diversity Barometer 2020: Attitudes towards Immigration and Ethnic Diversity in Sweden
Migration is topical in many counties, and attitudes towards immigration and ethnic diversity are volatile. In our longitudinal “Diversity Barometer”, we have studied changes in Swedes’ attitudes towards immigration and ethnic diversity in Sweden since 2005, using a postal questionnaire sent to a random sample of the Swedish population aged 18–75. ...
The complex relationship between immigrants’ concentration, socioeconomic environment and attitudes towards immigrants i...
Research has shown that positive attitudes towards immigration are often associated with a higher presence of immigrants at the local level; however, this relationship might not apply everywhere. While a higher presence of immigrants might be positive for attitudes in areas with better socioeconomic resources - via the development of more cooperati...
The association between actual and perceived ethnic diversity: The moderating role of authoritarianism and implications ...
Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The present study investigated the role of authoritarianism in the association between the actual proportion of ethnic minorities (objective diversity) within a neighborhood and majority members' subjective perception thereof (perceived diversity). Additionally, we tested how authoritarianism affects the dir...
Diversity and Out-Group Attitudes in the Netherlands: The Role of Authoritarianism and Social Threat in the Neighbourhoo...
Previous studies have obtained divergent findings for the association between ethnic diversity and majority members' attitudes towards immigrants, suggesting that this relationship is moderated by individual or contextual difference variables. In a community sample of Dutch citizens (N = 399), we investigated the role of two potential moderators: r...
Changing attitudes toward immigration in Europe, 2002–2007: A dynamic group conflict theory approach
