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Discrimination, Exclusion and Immigrants' Confidence in Public Institutions in Europe

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ID12657702
AuthorsA Roder (0000-0003-0378-4739, Sociology, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin), Peter Mühlau (Sociology, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue4
Pages535-557
Publication date2011-08-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Societies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-6696 • E-ISSN: 1469-8307
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14616696.2011.597869
OpenAlexW2166394654
LanguageEN
Citations received51
References cited29

What determines the confidence of immigrants in public institutions? Using pooled data from the European Social Survey of 26 countries, the study examines whether processes of social exclusion and discrimination can account for migrants’ confidence in public institutions. Specifically, it examines the role of the quality of public institutions and of the migrant integration policies of the host country and how they interact with migrant status and proxies for experienced or potential discrimination in shaping institutional trust. Results show that the performance of public institutions matters less for the confidence of immigrants than that of natives, in particular for those who see themselves as an ethnic minority or members of a group that has faced discrimination. Second-generation migrants exhibit less trust than first-generation migrants. However, discriminatory processes appear to be of less importance than the expectations carried from the home country or acculturation processes

Acculturation · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · European Social Survey · Immigration · Political science · Public institution · Quality (philosophy · Social exclusion · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social and Intergroup Psychology

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