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Does European citizenship breed xenophobia? European identification as a predictor of intolerance towards immigrants

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ID12396013
AuthorsLaurent Licata (0000-0002-7379-7335, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Olivier Klein (0000-0003-2737-8049, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Year2002
Volume12
Issue5
Pages323-337
Publication date2002-07-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.684
OpenAlexW1977094569
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited28

The European Union is generally perceived as endorsing universalistic and multi‐cultural values. However, social identity and self‐categorization theories predict that, when certain conditions are met, a negative relation between ingroup identification and tolerance towards outgroup members should be observed. We argue that the creation of the status of ‘Citizen of the Union’ in Maastricht may contribute to meeting those conditions and therefore to increase intolerance towards resident foreigners. If that is the case, a paradoxical situation could emerge, in which people's levels of tolerance towards foreigners would contradict group values. We examined the relations between values associated with Europe, European and national identification, and tolerance towards foreigners through a survey study with a—non‐representative—sample of undergraduate French‐speaking Belgian students. Results show that Europe was generally associated with humanistic values. But they also reveal that strong European identifiers tended to express more xenophobic attitudes than weak European identifiers, whilst national identification was not related with such attitudes. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Categorization · Citizenship · European union · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Immigration · Ingroups and outgroups · National identity · Nationality · Outgroup · Political science · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Xenophobia · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2004 - 2025 (22)
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