Whereas the previous theme focuses on new comers, this one turns the spotlight toward “host” citizens. Growing ethnic and religious diversity in many Western democracies has heightened racial tensions and reactionary populist tendencies (Putnam 2007; Koopmans &Schaefer 2016). Muslims have increasingly become the target of campaigns of fear and hatred as international and domestic terrorism shakes people’s sense of security (Huddy et al. 2002; Darren &Silver 2004; Helbling 2013). What shapes people’s views of their fellow citizens and the sorts of rights and responsibilities that membership within the polity entails? Our research will combine macro-, meso-, and micro-level analyses to examine this question.
Responsables: Allison Harell, Dietlind Stolle
Researchers involved: Allison Harell, Dietlind Stolle, Laurie Beaudonnet, Antoine Bilodeau, Claire Durand, Thomas Soehl, Stuart Soroka, Roxane de la Sablonnière
Research projects:
- Macro-level determinants of anti-immigration attitudes: the impact of geopolitical histories of countries – Thomas Soehl
- Youth Socialization and Diversity: Young people’s reactions to changing ethnic, racial and religious diversity – Allison Harell
- The political psychology of social solidarity: the role of intergroup attitudes in the formation of preferences about the state, public policies and the political community – Allison Harell
- Attitudes envers les immigrants et minorités ethnoculturelles et religieuses – Antoine Bilodeau
- L’immigration et la cohésion sociale: la contribution de la psychologie sociale et de la science politique – Roxane de la Sablonnière, Dietlind Stolle
- Mapping Anti-Roma Prejudice in the EU 28: the impact of media tone and framing on attitudes towards Roma – Laurie Beaudonnet, Allison Harell
- The influence of media framing on the attitudes towards refugees in Germany – Dietlind Stolle
- The consequences of religious diversity across 11 countries – Dietlind Stolle
Projects completed
- “Race”, gender and support for the welfare state: A comparative experimental approach – Allison Harell, Stuart Soroka