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The geography of anti-immigrant attitudes across Europe, 2002-2014.
- Source :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; Dec2018, Vol. 44 Issue 15, p2453-2479, 27p, 2 Diagrams, 8 Charts, 3 Maps
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Europe has become a major destination for international migrants. By 2015, 34.3 million people living in an EU member state were born outside of the EU-28, and an additional 18.5 million persons had been born in another EU country than the one currently residing in. In this context of a growing foreign-born population, which is now at about 10% of the total European population, xenophobic attitudes against immigrants are generally perceived as having increased over the past decade across Europe. This study explores the extent to which anti-immigrant hostility is spatially dependent and has spread geographically across European regions of that period. Based on data from seven rounds (2002-2014) of the European Social Survey, analysed at sub-national (NUTS 2 regions) levels, we identify a significant spatial connectivity of anti-immigrant attitudes by showing that spatially more proximate European regions share similar in trends in anti-immigrant sentiments than we observe between more distant regions. The identification of a spatially dependent diffusion and clustering process of anti-immigrant attitudes has a significant bearing for the understanding of the rise and fall of populist movements across Europe and changing electoral support for xenophobic parties across European regions over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL surveys
XENOPHOBIA
EMIGRATION & immigration
IMMIGRANTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369183X
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132432671
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427564