History matters: the long-term impact of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan

Abstract Many studies have addressed how current immigrant size affects the strength of xenophobia from the perspectives of intergroup contact and ethnic competition theories. Can native residents’ current xenophobia be explained by historical immigrant size? To explore this question, we use histori...

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Main Authors: Shun Gong, Senhu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40711-020-00136-5