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Institutional Anomie, Market-Based Values and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: A Multilevel Analysis in 28 European Countries
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Abstract Individuals who are strongly oriented towards market-based values are more likely to devalue groups identified as "unprofitable" from an economic point of view. Drawing on insights from Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT), this study explores economically legitimized prejudice in light of a far-reachi... view more
Individuals who are strongly oriented towards market-based values are more likely to devalue groups identified as "unprofitable" from an economic point of view. Drawing on insights from Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT), this study explores economically legitimized prejudice in light of a far-reaching economization of the institutional and cultural structure. Multilevel models using data from the European Social Survey (2018) show that hostility towards immigrants is expressed more among individuals who strongly embrace market-based values and in countries where the institutional structure is dominated by the economy and non-economic social institutions are enfeebled (institutional imbalance). Aggregated market-based values (a "marketized anomic culture") mediate the effect of a) individual market-based values and b) institutional imbalance on anti-immigrant attitudes. This study contributes to a better understanding of group prejudice under conditions of economization. It shows that applying IAT within a multilevel framework offers a fruitful explanation not only for crime but for other sociological phenomena.... view less
Keywords
EVS; anomie; migrant; attitude; Europe; market economy; image of the enemy; xenophobia; microeconomic factors
Classification
Social Problems
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
anti-immigrant attitudes; Institutional Anomie Theory; European Social Survey; multilevel modeling; cross-national research; European Values Study 2008: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2008) (ZA4800 v4.0.0); Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS) (ZA7505 v1.1.0)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-15
Journal
International journal of conflict and violence : IJCV, 16 (2022)
Issue topic
Group-Focused Enmity - Conceptual, Longitudinal, and Cross-National Perspectives Based on Pre-registered Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11576/ijcv-5126
ISSN
1864-1385
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed