Anticipated and Perceived Intergroup Relations as Predictors of Immigrants’ Identification Patterns

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuuli Anna Mähönen ◽  
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Group Status ◽  
Group Boundaries ◽  
Intergroup Encounters ◽  
The One

The present study among Ingrian-Finnish remigrants (N = 153) from Russia to Finland examined the effects of anticipated discrimination in the pre-migration stage on the way intergroup relations are perceived and multiple cultural identities are formed in the post-migration stage. First, the results indicated that anticipated discrimination in the pre-migration stage affected perceived discrimination, permeability of group boundaries, and group status legitimacy in the post-migration stage. Second, anticipated discrimination in the pre-migration stage was not directly associated with any of the identities in the post-migration stage, but it was indirectly associated with national identification, via perceived discrimination and permeability of group boundaries. Perceived discrimination and impermeability of group boundaries in the post-migration stage were associated with lower levels of remigrants’ national (Finnish) identification in the new homeland. Third, the perceived legitimacy of Ingrian-Finns’ low status was associated with increased Russian minority identification. The findings extend previous research on the effects of anticipated intergroup contact on actual intergroup encounters on the one hand, and on the effects of perceived discrimination, status legitimacy, and permeability of group boundaries on national and ethnic identification among immigrants, on the other.

scholarly journals The Role of Personality Factors in the Reduction of Intergroup Anxiety and Amelioration of Outgroup Attitudes via Intergroup Contact

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhiannon N. Turner ◽  
Kristof Dhont ◽  
Miles Hewstone ◽  
Andrew Prestwich ◽  
Christiana Vonofakou
Keyword(s):  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Prejudice Reduction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Intergroup Anxiety ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Potential Confound

Two studies investigated the role of personality factors in the amelioration of outgroup attitudes via intergroup contact. In study 1, the effect of extraversion on outgroup attitude operated via an increase in cross–group friendship, whereas openness to experience and agreeableness had a direct effect on outgroup attitude. In study 2, we included intergroup anxiety as a mediator explaining these relationships, and we ruled out ingroup friendship as a potential confound. We found that the relationships between openness to experience and agreeableness on the one hand and outgroup attitude on the other were mediated by reduced intergroup anxiety. In addition, the effect of extraversion on outgroup attitude operated via an increase in cross–group friendship that was in turn associated with lower levels of intergroup anxiety. Across both studies, the friendship–attitude relationship was stronger among those low in agreeableness and extraversion. We discuss the importance of integrating personality and situational approaches to prejudice reduction in optimizing the impact of contact–based interventions. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

scholarly journals The Shared Dream of the Americas: An Introduction to Americanity

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1,2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrien Guyot
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Shed Light

While the cultural identities of Latin America, Québec and the Antilles have long been forged around a single reference, namely to their European past, they currently show signs of rupture and heterogeneity. Thinkers from Québec (Sherry Simon, Pierre Nepveu, Gérard Bouchard), the Antilles (Glissant, Chamoiseau, Confiant) and Brazil (Bernd) have been revisiting the concepts of origin and space from a completely different perspective. No longer would Europe be the anchor of their totalitarian-shaped cultural identity; the roots and origins of this identity construction would have to be found elsewhere, in a new environment perhaps, embracing the modernity and diversity that are celebrated in the concepts of hybridity, transculturalism, creolization, which all slowly lead to a mythical crossroads: America.However, the establishment of a symbolic relation with the American territory remains somewhat problematic as the concept of Americanity relies on diverse discourses which can be contradictory at times. In this essay, I aim to shed light on the trendy concept that Americanity has become. On the one hand, I will point out the ambiguity that surrounds the concept, and on the other hand, I will briefly explain how the different perspectives in the reappropriation of the American space could lead to the establishment of America as a shared elsewhere.

The Paradox of Integration

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene ten Teije ◽  
Marcel Coenders ◽  
Maykel Verkuyten
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
The Other ◽  
Native Population ◽  
Perceived Acceptance ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This study, conducted in The Netherlands, examines the “paradox of integration” proposition by focusing on the relationship between educational attainment and immigrants’ attitude toward the native population. We found that educational level is related to this attitude in two opposite ways. On the one hand, better educated immigrants had more voluntary contact with the native population, and more contact was associated with a more positive attitude, partly because of higher perceived acceptance and lower perceived discrimination. On the other hand and independently of contact, better educated immigrants had a less positive attitude toward the native population because of lower perceived acceptance and higher perceived group discrimination. The latter findings support the paradox of integration proposition. The pattern of results was quite similar for four different immigrant groups.

scholarly journals How Contact Experiences Shape Welcoming: Perspectives from U.S.-Born and Immigrant Groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda R. Tropp ◽  
Dina G. Okamoto ◽  
Helen B. Marrow ◽  
Michael Jones-Correa
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Total N ◽  
Contact Frequency

This research examines how intergroup contact experiences—including both their frequency and their qualities (friendly, discriminatory)—predict indicators of welcoming among U.S.-born and immigrant groups. Analyzing a new survey of U.S.-born groups (whites and blacks) and immigrant groups (Mexicans and Indians) from the Atlanta and Philadelphia metropolitan areas (total N = 2,006), we examine welcoming as a key dimension of social integration. Along with reporting their contact experiences, survey respondents indicated the extent to which they are inclined to welcome and feel welcomed by each of the other groups. Results consistently demonstrated that greater contact frequency predicted greater tendencies to welcome and feel welcomed by each of the other groups. These effects persisted even when demographic characteristics, perceived discrimination, and exposure are included as predictors in the models. Findings also suggested that racial and nativity hierarchies shape how perceived discrimination predicts welcoming others and feeling welcomed by others.

scholarly journals TATAR LANGUAGE:

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinara S. Sultan ◽  
Tatiana G. Bochina ◽  
Atirkul Ye. Agmanova ◽  
Yevgeniya A. Zhuravleva
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Minority Languages ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The One ◽  
Linguistic Aspect

Conservation and development of minority languages in countries unique in the ethno-linguistic aspect, such as Russia and Kazakhstan, are highly relevant. Wide linguistic diversity, on the one hand, and dominance of the official Russian in Russia and the official Kazakh and Russian languages in the socio-communicative system of society in Kazakhstan, on the other hand, determine the linguistic landscape and peculiarities of multilingualism in these states. Research interest in linguistic contacts of a modern multiethnic society has determined the choice of the processes of linguistic and ethnic identification, related issues of conservation and using the native language and culture by representatives of various ethnic groups living in Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as the specifics of their interaction and mutual influence under new geopolitical conditions as the object of the study

Intergroup Contact in Settings of Protracted Ethnopolitical Conflict

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifat Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asymmetric Conflict ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Moral Exclusion ◽  
Ethnopolitical Conflict ◽  
Intergroup Encounters

Intergroup contact, encounters, and dialogues are pervasively used in settings of protracted, ethnopolitical conflict as a device for improving relations between the sides and promoting conflict resolution and reconciliation. This chapter reviews the theoretical underpinnings of such efforts and discusses different models and modes of planned intergroup contact in conflict, as well as the potential of the intergroup encounters to bring about change, while focusing on the ethical implications and consequences of the encounter with the other and its narrative in the setting of protracted ethnopolitical conflict. Specifically, it focuses on the case study of the violent protracted asymmetric conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. In this context it discusses the extent to which different modes and models of organized intergroups can overcome moral exclusion, extend the boundaries of moral responsibility for the other, and increase support for more socially just and equitable relations.

Words and feet

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIK FUDGE
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Stress Group ◽  
Group Boundaries ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
The One

This article challenges the commonly-held assumption that words, feet and syllables fit into a single phonological hierarchy, and in particular that feet are always sub-units of words. A number of facts of English rhythm are cited which cannot be accounted for unless words and feet are taken to be units of different hierarchies: many of the differences of rhythm between phrases of otherwise similar phonological structure which are noted by Abercrombie (1964) are accounted for most naturally by differences in placement between, on the one hand, word- and stress-group-boundaries, and, on the other, foot-boundaries.

Taking Co-constitution Seriously: Explaining an Ambiguous US Approach to Latin America

2020 ◽  
pp. 145-170
Author(s):  
Justin O. Delacour
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Western Power ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The One ◽  
Practical Implications

The external behaviors of the preeminent Western power are much more ambiguous than mainstream IR theories predict because none of the mainstream camps have an accurate conception of the relations between Western states and their cultures. On the one hand, neorealists fail to explain how the culture of a Western power will tend to discourage the state from behaving in ways that are openly dissonant with the core symbols of its professed liberalism. On the other hand, it is fairly commonplace for Western media to facilitate their states’ casual deviations from a liberal foreign policy course by obfuscating the existence of such deviations. To solve the puzzle of a Western power’s ambiguous foreign policies, we must explore the practical implications of co-constitution, according to which state interests and cultural identities mutually shape each other and can never be fully autonomous from each other. This study conducts such an exploration in the context of U.S. policy to Latin America, particularly around the failed coup in Venezuela in 2002.

scholarly journals Space as a Resource and Implication of (Inter)group Relations and Rights: Analyzing Discourse on the Refugee Issue in Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Anastasia Zisakou ◽  
Lia Figgou
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Space Limitation ◽  
The One

This study aims at exploring the way in which constructions of space and identity are mobilized in interviews on refugees’ reception and entitlements in Greece. Our analytic material was derived from individual semi-structured interviews conducted with 19 people of Greek nationality in Thessaloniki, while the analysis has been based on the principles of critical discursive social psychology. Analysis indicated the multiple ways that participants have available to construct the intersection of place identity and intergroup relations. On the one hand, proximity and contact with refugees were represented as a potentially justified basis for reactions against their settlement and integration. Intergroup distance and separation (ghettoization), on the other hand, were treated as a sufficient condition of anomy on the part of the refugees, and, by implication, as a source of problematic intergroup relations. Furthermore, analysis showed that constructions of “insider” and “outsider” coincided with symbolic boundaries, while biopoliticalstrategies, introduced through recourse to space limitation and scarcity of material resources, were employed to articulate arguments which supported the restriction of refugees’ entitlements.

scholarly journals Market cognition: How exchange norms alter social experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
jamil zaki ◽  
Eric Neumann ◽  
Dean Baltiansky
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Group Boundaries ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The One

Market exchange and the ideologies that accompany it pervade human social interaction. How does this affect people’s beliefs about themselves, each other, and human nature? Here we describe market cognition (MC) as social inferences and behaviors that are intensified by market contexts. We focus on prosociality, and two countervailing ways MC can affect it. On the one hand, marketplaces incentivize individuals to behave prosocially in order to be chosen as exchange partners—generalizing cooperation and trust beyond group boundaries. On the other hand, markets encourage a view of people as self-interested, and can thus taint people’s interpretation of prosocial actions and erode more communal forms of cooperation. We close by considering how MCs can become self-fulfilling, altering relationships, communities, and cultural norms.

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