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Understanding Xenophobia in Greece: A Correspondence Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2014

Sotiris Chtouris ,
Anastasia Zissi ,
George Stalidis  and
Kostas Rontos
Sotiris Chtouris
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Mytilène [Htouris@aegean.gr].
Anastasia Zissi
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Mytilène [A.Zissi@soc.aegean.gr].
George Stalidis
Affiliation:
Department of Business Administration, Alexandrian Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki [stalidgi@mkt.teithe.gr]
Kostas Rontos
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Mytilène [K.Rontos@soc.aegean.gr].
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Abstract

Studies of xenophobia have focused either on socio-economic context that accentuates xenophobic attitudes or on perceptions of immigrants, namely symbolic and realistic threats as well as on social distance from immigrants. This study examines closely the relationship among various components of xenophobia and their contribution in the formation of particular xenophobic groups. The analysis identified four different xenophobic groups, i.e. a) The distant xenophobic group, b) The core xenophobic group, c) The subtle xenophobic group and d) The ambivalent xenophobic group. The groups’ profiles are synthesized through negative, neutral and positive properties of overall attitudes towards immigrants, perceived threats, political xenophobia, social distance, authoritarian attitudes and individual social characteristics. The survey results demonstrate that a multidimensional conceptualization of xenophobia is needed both at the level of objective social condition and of individual and collective perceptions.

Résumé

Les études sur la xénophobie se sont focalisées soit sur le contexte socio-économique, soit sur la façon dont les immigrations sont perçues, autrement dit des peurs symboliques ou réalistes et la distances sociale. L’article scrute de près la contribution de diverses composantes à la formation de quatre groupes xénophobes identifiables.

- Xénophobes de la barrière ;

- Xénophobes fondamentaux ;

- Xénophobes subtils ;

- Xénophobes ambivalents.

Les profils des groupes se distinguent par leurs attitudes globales devant les immigrants, les peurs, la xénophobie politique, la barrière sociale ainsi que l’autoritarisme et autres caractéristiques sociales individuelles. L’enquête démontre la nécessité d’une conceptualisation multidimensionnelle de la xénophobie.

Zusammenfassung

Studien zum Thema Ausländerfeindlichkeit beschränken sich entweder auf sozialwirtschaftliche Zusammenhänge oder auf die Art und Weise wie Einwanderer wahrgenommen werden, anders gesagt die symbolischen oder realistischen Ängste und den sozialen Abstand. Dieser Beitrag untersucht besonders genau, in welcher Form verschiedene Komponenten zur Herausbildung vierer ausländerfeindlichen, identifizierbaren Gruppen führen.

- Die distanzierte ausländerfeindliche Gruppe;

- die fundamentale ausländerfeindliche Gruppe;

- die feinsinnige ausländerfeindliche Gruppe;

- die ambivalente ausländerfeindliche Gruppe;

Die Gruppenprofile werden nach negativen, neutralen und positiven Eigenschaften bezüglich ihrem Verhalten gegenüber Einwanderern, Ängsten, politischer Ausländerfeindlichkeit, sozialer Distanz, autoritärer Verhaltensweisen und individuellen sozialen Charakteristika unterschieden. Die Untersuchung verdeutlicht die Notwendigkeit einer multidimensionalen Konzeptualisierung der Ausländerfeindlichkeit.

Keywords

Xenophobic groupMultiple correspondence analysisPolitical xenophobiaExtreme right GreeceGroupe xénophobeAnalyse des correspondances multiplesXénophobie politiqueExtrême droiteGrèceAusländerfeindliche GruppenMehrdimensionale EntsprechungsanalysePolitische AusländerfeindlichkeitRechtsextremismusGriechenland
Type
Modes of Violence
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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , April 2014 , pp. 107 - 133
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Copyright © A.E.S. 2014 

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