Essays about: "ethnic threat theory"

Found 5 essays containing the words ethnic threat theory.

  1. 1. IMMIGRATION AND EUROSCEPTICISM – HAND IN HAND? A research on the effect of the refugee crisis on the relationship between attitudes toward immigration and public Euroscepticism.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristoffer Otter; [2021-02-03]
    Keywords : Euroscepticism; immigration; ethnic threat theory; refugee crisis; asylum seekers.;

    Abstract : The refugee crisis of 2015 proved to be a tough challenge for Europe and the EU. All EU member states were affected, although to varying degrees. This article seeks to examine the impact of the refugee crisis on the relationship between immigration attitudes and public Euroscepticism. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ASYLUM SEEKER GROUP SIZE AND PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION DURING THE REFUGEE INFLUX 2014 - 2017 : A dynamic cross-national multilevel study of 28 European countries

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Finell; Elin Åberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Asylum seeker group size; refugee group size; attitudes towards immigration; refugee influx; Europe; multilevel model.;

    Abstract : The increase in right wing populist parties in Europe combined with the sudden influx of asylum applicants has given rise to the debate regarding immigration both politically and within research. This paper sets out to examine the relation between asylum seeker group size and people’s attitudes towards immigration. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate Change: The threat multiplier in pastoral conflicts : A case study on the pastoral conflicts in Nigeria

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ekdahl Kanicha; [2017]
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    Abstract : Agricultural communities in Nigeria have faced years of conflict between pastoralists and farmers. These conflicts have caused the lost of human life as well as affected resources such as crops and cattle negatively. READ MORE

  5. 4. Noxious Fumes of Nationalism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Kristen Hope; [2017]
    Keywords : Nationalism; Prejudice; Inequality; Salience; Threat; Ethnic; Yugoslavia; Negative Contact Theory;

    Abstract : This study is an investigation into the psychosociological causes of ethnic war through the lens of contact theory. Using group identity salience, perceptions of inequality, perception of threat and negative outgroup attitudes (NOAs) including prejudice and nationalism, this study introduces a supra-theory called the negative contact spiral to explain a gap in contact theory, namely the rare but powerful negative effects of intergroup contact. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Construction of Immigrants´ Identity in the EU : A Foucauldian discourse analysis of EU common migration policy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; Mercedes Lopez; [2014]
    Keywords : discourse; Eurocentrism; European Union; Foucault; identity; migration; power; securitization; social constructivism; threat; policy;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to analyse the discursive construction of the immigrants‟ identity within the EU‟s common migration policy. More specifically, this study seeks to identify what discourses are constituted within the EU, and how these discourses are constructed. READ MORE