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Perceived discrimination and support for democracy among immigrants

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ID2149407
AuthorsGizem Arikan (0000-0002-2083-7321, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author), Oguzhan Turkoglu (0000-0002-0598-688X, Hertie School)
Year2024
Volume47
Issue10
Pages2241-2265
Publication date2024-07-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2023.2273315
OpenAlexW4388457191
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited68

Does perceived discrimination and exclusion promote or hinder support for democracy among immigrants? While many studies investigate the drivers of prejudice and discrimination toward immigrants, relatively less is known about the impact of discrimination on immigrants' political attitudes. In this paper, we assess whether perceived discrimination is associated with higher levels of support for democracy among Muslim immigrants using the EURISLAM survey dataset, which includes data from immigrants from Muslim-majority countries residing in four European countries. We find that in particular, perceived discrimination toward the ethnic or religious in-group is associated with increased support for democracy. These results are robust to alternative control variables, model specification, matching procedures and coefficient stability analysis. Our findings make an important contribution to understanding the implications of discriminatory experiences for immigrants

Democracy · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Matching (statistics · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · World Values Survey · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
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