Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping
In response to a dramatic increase of illegal immigration in the European Union, in the fall of 2015 Latvia agreed to accept several hundreds of refugees on its soil. Nevertheless, Latvian society remains very sceptic about these plans, and reportedly demonstrates strong negative attitudes towards r...
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| author | Murašovs Vadims Ruža Aleksejs Raščevskis Vitālijs Dombrovskis Valērijs |
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| description | In response to a dramatic increase of illegal immigration in the European Union, in the fall of 2015 Latvia agreed to accept several hundreds of refugees on its soil. Nevertheless, Latvian society remains very sceptic about these plans, and reportedly demonstrates strong negative attitudes towards refugees. According to the survey, by the end of 2015 the factual experience of interaction with refugees did not exceed ten per cent of Latvian population. This suggests that most of the real attitudes are formed by mass media and other socialisation agents. In order to uncover the nature of these feelings, the present study has been designed to make an in-depth social psychological study on attitudes. One thousand Latvian residents evenly representing Latvia’s demography have taken part in this study. A modified Stephan’s Prejudicial Attitude Survey has been used to study prejudice. Negative stereotyping represents one of the emotional components of attitudes towards refugees. The results illustrate the palette of emotions and the level of their expression in Latvian society, and highlight the feelings, which may shape the identity of the in-group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbcd11daaa054b4eb764b03d6725d95a2023-01-02T04:26:28ZengSciendoEconomics and Business1407-73372256-03942016-08-01291566410.1515/eb-2016-0022Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative StereotypingMurašovs Vadims0Ruža Aleksejs1Raščevskis Vitālijs2Dombrovskis Valērijs3Daugavpils University LatviaDaugavpils University LatviaDaugavpils University LatviaDaugavpils University LatviaIn response to a dramatic increase of illegal immigration in the European Union, in the fall of 2015 Latvia agreed to accept several hundreds of refugees on its soil. Nevertheless, Latvian society remains very sceptic about these plans, and reportedly demonstrates strong negative attitudes towards refugees. According to the survey, by the end of 2015 the factual experience of interaction with refugees did not exceed ten per cent of Latvian population. This suggests that most of the real attitudes are formed by mass media and other socialisation agents. In order to uncover the nature of these feelings, the present study has been designed to make an in-depth social psychological study on attitudes. One thousand Latvian residents evenly representing Latvia’s demography have taken part in this study. A modified Stephan’s Prejudicial Attitude Survey has been used to study prejudice. Negative stereotyping represents one of the emotional components of attitudes towards refugees. The results illustrate the palette of emotions and the level of their expression in Latvian society, and highlight the feelings, which may shape the identity of the in-group.https://doi.org/10.1515/eb-2016-0022attitudesemotionsnegative stereotypingprejudicerefugees |
| spellingShingle | Murašovs Vadims Ruža Aleksejs Raščevskis Vitālijs Dombrovskis Valērijs Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping Economics and Business attitudes emotions negative stereotyping prejudice refugees |
| title | Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping |
| title_full | Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping |
| title_fullStr | Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping |
| title_short | Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping |
| title_sort | expecting refugees in latvia negative stereotyping |
| topic | attitudes emotions negative stereotyping prejudice refugees |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/eb-2016-0022 |
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