%0 Journal Article %1 spraguejones2011extreme %A Sprague-Jones, Jessica %D 2011 %J Ethnic and Racial Studies %K 2011 EB_input2016 Eurobarometer Europe FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article attitudes checked english far_right fdz_jb immigration indexproved input2016 minorities multiculturalism review_proved reviewed %N 4 %P 535-555 %R 10.1080/01419870.2010.512665 %T Extreme right-wing vote and support for multiculturalism in Europe %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.512665 %V 34 %X Abstract While Europe is unifying, it is also becoming more diverse, making multiculturalism one of the most hotly debated political issues in Western Europe. Minority citizens occupy an important place in the landscape of this challenging issue. Using the Eurobarometer 53 survey of European citizens, I look at the gap between Europeans who claim minority heritage and those who do not in support for multiculturalism in fifteen European Union member nations, taking into account percentage of extreme right-wing vote. This contextual factor has a persistent significant effect on the difference between minority and non-minority attitudes. High levels of support for extreme right-wing parties may have a polarizing effect, heightening awareness of personal heritage and making ethnic identity more salient in attitudes towards multiculturalism. This suggests an extension of group threat theory in which conceptions of what constitutes both a group and a threat can be created at the level of discourse.

@article{spraguejones2011extreme, abstract = {Abstract While Europe is unifying, it is also becoming more diverse, making multiculturalism one of the most hotly debated political issues in Western Europe. Minority citizens occupy an important place in the landscape of this challenging issue. Using the Eurobarometer 53 survey of European citizens, I look at the gap between Europeans who claim minority heritage and those who do not in support for multiculturalism in fifteen European Union member nations, taking into account percentage of extreme right-wing vote. This contextual factor has a persistent significant effect on the difference between minority and non-minority attitudes. High levels of support for extreme right-wing parties may have a polarizing effect, heightening awareness of personal heritage and making ethnic identity more salient in attitudes towards multiculturalism. This suggests an extension of group threat theory in which conceptions of what constitutes both a group and a threat can be created at the level of discourse. }, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Sprague-Jones, Jessica}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a9cb55ad3ff556f21d6e64639c1b1d1a/gesis_dump}, doi = {10.1080/01419870.2010.512665}, eprint = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.512665}, interhash = {9667c80da6aa1e5d4100c7444f4ee2bb}, intrahash = {a9cb55ad3ff556f21d6e64639c1b1d1a}, journal = {Ethnic and Racial Studies}, keywords = {2011 EB_input2016 Eurobarometer Europe FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article attitudes checked english far_right fdz_jb immigration indexproved input2016 minorities multiculturalism review_proved reviewed}, note = {First published online: October 14, 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.512665. (Eurobarometer)}, number = 4, pages = {535-555}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10522}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10515}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:01:00.000+0200}, title = {Extreme right-wing vote and support for multiculturalism in Europe}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2010.512665}, volume = 34, year = 2011 }