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2021-11-11Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.18452/23929
Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
dc.contributor.authorKalter, Frank
dc.contributor.authorForoutan, Naika
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-13T10:59:36Z
dc.date.available2022-01-13T10:59:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-11none
dc.date.updated2021-12-01T02:02:38Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.hu-berlin.de/18452/24560
dc.description.abstractIt has been shown that anti-Muslim sentiment is more pronounced in East Germany than in West Germany. In this paper, we discuss existing explanations and add to them. We argue that some East Germans see themselves as a disadvantaged group in competition with other minorities, such as Muslims, for social recognition by West Germans; they are in what we call a “race for second place”. Based on social identity theory, we expect that this might be particularly true for those who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. The theoretical discussion carves out the role of “perceived non-recognition” and “outgroup mobility threat” as important concepts within the conflicts of belonging. We use unique data from the survey “Postmigrant Societies: East-Migrant Analogies” for a comprehensive empirical analysis. We find that factors related to pre-existing arguments – such as socioeconomic and demographic variables, personality traits, or contact – can capture much of the group differences in anti-Muslim sentiment, but that they do not fully apply to those who were born and still live in the East and who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. For this subgroup, perceived non-recognition adds to the empirical models and outgroup mobility threat has a stronger effect.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
dc.rights(CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 Internationalger
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEast-Germanyeng
dc.subjectethnic rivalryeng
dc.subjectidentificationeng
dc.subjectislamophobiaeng
dc.subjectoutgroup mobility threateng
dc.subjectrecognitioneng
dc.subjectsocial identity theoryeng
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaftennone
dc.titleRace for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/24560-5
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18452/23929
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.pages12none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone
dc.identifier.eissn2297-7775
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3389/fsoc.2021.735421none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleFrontiers in sociologynone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume6none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber735421none
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameFrontiers Medianone
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceLausannenone
bua.departmentKultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultätnone

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