Germans or foreigners?

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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2003

308 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-52770-0

Europe In Transition

Germans or foreigners?

attitudes toward ethnic minorities in post-reunification Germany

Edited by

Richard Alba, Peter Schmidt, Martina Wasmer

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 positioningin the left-right political spectrum. In this sense, the fundamental question of whether immigrants and other minorities should be regarded as fellow citizens or ethnic outsiders remains relevant in the German context.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1057/9780230608825

Full citation:

Alba, R. , Schmidt, P. , Wasmer, M. (eds) (2003). Germans or foreigners?: attitudes toward ethnic minorities in post-reunification Germany, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Ausländer in the Heimat

Alba Richard; Schmidt Peter; Wasmer Martina

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