Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession
This study examined the association between the socioeconomic context of the Eurozone countries in the post-Great Recession era and attitudes of solidarity towards immigrants among the general population. A multilevel analysis was conducted using data from Round 8 (2016) of the European Social Surve...
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| description | This study examined the association between the socioeconomic context of the Eurozone countries in the post-Great Recession era and attitudes of solidarity towards immigrants among the general population. A multilevel analysis was conducted using data from Round 8 (2016) of the European Social Survey as well as Eurostat and OECD statistics. Specifically, we assessed the link between the share of people at risk of poverty/social exclusion in 2016 and citizens´ support for excluding immigrants from the rights to social services. Our results, in agreement with theories explaining that anxiety over-scarcity compromises out-group solidarity, confirmed the existence of such a relationship. Additional findings, however, suggested that some factors, such as holding individual-level universalism values, or the persistence of hardship during the recession recovery period (2011-2016) at country-level, may have had a protective role against chauvinistic attitudes. Recommendations for practice and research are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-494e580891694a35a1d1cef489de2a3b2023-12-25T10:32:06ZengUniversidad de AlicanteAlternativas1989-99712021-01-01281476610.14198/ALTERN2021.28.1.0315538Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great RecessionLuis Fernandez-Barutell0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-918XUniversity of Illinois, Chicago, Estados Unidos Consejería de Educación, Junta de Andalucía, SevillaThis study examined the association between the socioeconomic context of the Eurozone countries in the post-Great Recession era and attitudes of solidarity towards immigrants among the general population. A multilevel analysis was conducted using data from Round 8 (2016) of the European Social Survey as well as Eurostat and OECD statistics. Specifically, we assessed the link between the share of people at risk of poverty/social exclusion in 2016 and citizens´ support for excluding immigrants from the rights to social services. Our results, in agreement with theories explaining that anxiety over-scarcity compromises out-group solidarity, confirmed the existence of such a relationship. Additional findings, however, suggested that some factors, such as holding individual-level universalism values, or the persistence of hardship during the recession recovery period (2011-2016) at country-level, may have had a protective role against chauvinistic attitudes. Recommendations for practice and research are discussed.https://alternativasts.ua.es/article/view/16228great recessionpoverty/social exclusionimmigrationsocial rightssocial europe |
| spellingShingle | Luis Fernandez-Barutell Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession Alternativas great recession poverty/social exclusion immigration social rights social europe |
| title | Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession |
| title_full | Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession |
| title_short | Socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the Euro area following the Great Recession |
| title_sort | socioeconomic context and welfare nationalism in the euro area following the great recession |
| topic | great recession poverty/social exclusion immigration social rights social europe |
| url | https://alternativasts.ua.es/article/view/16228 |
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