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Does living in districts with higher levels of ethnic violence affect refugees’ attitudes towards the host country? Empirical evidence from Germany
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Schwitter, Nicole and Liebe, Ulf (2022) Does living in districts with higher levels of ethnic violence affect refugees’ attitudes towards the host country? Empirical evidence from Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45 (15). pp. 2793-2821. doi:10.1080/01419870.2022.2052141 ISSN 0141-9870.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2052141
Abstract
While there are many quantitative studies examining the determinants of ethnic violence from the perspective of offenders, less is known about the effects of violence on the victims or target groups. In light of the increased refugee migration in Germany in 2015/2016, we provide empirical evidence that living in districts with a past of ethnic violence against refugees affects refugees’ perception of the host country negatively. We are using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel which we matched with data on ethnic violence. Albeit refugees had positive attitudes towards Germany – they felt overwhelmingly welcome, safe, and were barely worried about xenophobia – they were considerably less likely to feel this positive in districts with a high accumulated share of arson attacks on refugee homes. As living in contexts with higher levels of past and present ethnic violence can influence refugees’ attitudes, this has implications for integration processes.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ethnic conflict, Xenophobia, Social integration, Refugees -- Europe, Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Europe | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Ethnic and Racial Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0141-9870 | ||||||
Official Date: | 4 April 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||
Number: | 15 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 2793-2821 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01419870.2022.2052141 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethnic and Racial Studies on 04 Apr 2022, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01419870.2022.2052141 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 May 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 October 2023 |
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