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Germans or Foreigners?: Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany (Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies)
Peter Schmidt
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Description for Germans or Foreigners?: Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany (Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alba, Richard D.; Schmidt, Peter; Wasmer, Martina. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
This book examines contemporary attitudes towards ethnic minorities in Germany. These minorities include some of immigrant origin, such as Italians, Turks, and asylum seekers, and the principal non-immigrant minority, Jews. While the findings demonstrate that intense prejudice against minorities is not widespread among Germans, many of whom in fact can be considered immigrant- and minority-friendly, a crystallization of attitudes is also evident: that is, attitudes towards immigrants are strongly correlated with anti-Semitism and with other worldview dimensions, such as positioning in the left-right political spectrum. In this sense, the fundamental question of whether immigrants and other minorities should be regarded ... Read more
This book examines contemporary attitudes towards ethnic minorities in Germany. These minorities include some of immigrant origin, such as Italians, Turks, and asylum seekers, and the principal non-immigrant minority, Jews. While the findings demonstrate that intense prejudice against minorities is not widespread among Germans, many of whom in fact can be considered immigrant- and minority-friendly, a crystallization of attitudes is also evident: that is, attitudes towards immigrants are strongly correlated with anti-Semitism and with other worldview dimensions, such as positioning in the left-right political spectrum. In this sense, the fundamental question of whether immigrants and other minorities should be regarded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403963789
SKU
V9781403963789
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About Peter Schmidt
STEFAN BENDER Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt, Nurnberg, Germany WERNER BERGMAN Center for Anti-Semitism Research, Technical University, Berlin, Germany FERDINAND BOLTKEN German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, Berlin, Germany RAINER ERB Center for Anti-Semitism Research, Technical University, Berlin, Germany ARIBERT HAYDER Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, Germany JURGEN H.P. HOFFMEYER-ZLOTNIK Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA), ... Read more
Reviews for Germans or Foreigners?: Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany (Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies)
"Alba, Schmidt and Wasmer have assembled an impressive group of well-informed authors whose contributions provide much-needed insight and clarification about the situation in which ethnic minorities find themselves in post-reunification Germany. Combining statistical evidence with in-depth qualitative analysis, this volume is an excellent example of how scholarship can be relevant ... Read more