Irish attitudes to Muslim immigrants

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dc.contributor.authorFAHEY, Eamonn
dc.contributor.authorMCGINNITY, Frances
dc.contributor.authorGROTTI, Raffaele
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-10T16:07:53Z
dc.date.available2020-02-10T16:07:53Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses data from the 2014 Special Module of the European Social Survey on attitudes to immigration to investigate attitudes towards Muslim and 'White immigrants in Ireland. Drawing on theories of social identity, ethnic threat and social distance, the paper develops hypotheses about which factors influence attitudes to Muslim immigrants, and how and why they might differ from attitudes to White immigrants. Comparing these attitudes, we find evidence of an "ethnic hierarchy" in Ireland, with more positive attitudes to White than to Muslim immigrants. We also find that age and religious practice are associated with attitudes towards Muslim immigrants, but have only weak effects on attitudes towards White immigrants. The analysis reveals that an international terrorist attack had a negative effect on attitudes to Muslim immigrants but not on attitudes to White immigrants.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIrish Human Rights and Equality Commissionen
dc.identifier.citationEconomic and social review, 2019, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 491-514en
dc.identifier.endpage514
dc.identifier.issn0012-9984
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.startpage491
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/66033
dc.identifier.volume50
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEconomic and Social Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofEconomic and social reviewen
dc.titleIrish attitudes to Muslim immigrantsen
dc.typeArticle
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