Social distance attitudes, educational mobility, and European ancestry groups in the post‐World‐War II United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10763596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R L Boyd (0000-0001-8729-7430, Department of Sociology Mississippi State University 207 Bowen Hall, 456 Hardy Road Mississippi State MS 39762‐5503 USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 2985-2995 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13076 |
| OpenAlex | W3206748057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Objective This study examines the improvement of U.S. natives’ social distance attitudes toward Southern, Central, and Eastern (SCE) European ancestry groups in the post‐World‐War II United States, applying the idea that prejudice against these groups was due to racial/ethnic prejudice and social class prejudice. Methods Analyzing data from the Bogardus surveys and other published sources, the study tests the proposition that U.S. natives’ social distance attitudes toward SCE European ancestry groups improved because social class prejudice against these groups diminished as the groups’ educational attainment levels increased from the second‐ to third‐generations. Results Contrary to modernization and classical assimilation theories, the favorable trend in U.S. natives’ social distance attitudes toward SCE European ancestry groups was unaffected by the groups’ intergenerational educational mobility. Conclusion The decline in prejudice against SCE European ancestry groups in the postwar United States resulted from a decrease in racial/ethnic prejudice against these groups, independently of social class prejudice
Educational attainment · Ethnic group · European Social Survey · General Social Survey · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term) · Social class · Social distance · Social group · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Medicine · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology
Ethnic identity
Strangers in the Land Patterns of American Nativism 1800-1925
Racial and ethnic relations in America
Assimilation in American life
Toward a Theory of Minority Group Relations
A Piece of the Pie
Updating the Bogardus social distance studies
Bright vs. blurred boundaries
Ethnic Options
Defining America’s Racial Boundaries
Long-Run Convergence of Ethnic Skill Differentials
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |