Social sustainability and social (Dis)trust in outgroups

Evidence from Germany and Spain using the Factorial Survey

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ID22313613
AuthorsEdurne Bartolomé (Universidad de Deusto), Hermann Dülmer (0000-0001-6292-1639, University of Cologne), L Coromina (0000-0003-0769-0633, Universitat de Girona)
Year2021
Issue64
Pages81-109
Publication date2021-05-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCuadernos Europeos de Deusto (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1130-8354 • E-ISSN: 2445-3587
PublisherUniversity of Deusto (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.18543/ced-64-2021pp81-109
OpenAlexW3163164630
LanguageEN
References cited10

In the short to medium term, ethnic diversity tends to reduce trust. This negative relationship can be explained by social identity theory and integrated threat theory. The latter theory distinguishes realistic (socio-economic) threat perceptions from symbolic (cultural) ones. Huntington believes that with the end of the Cold War, conflicts shifted from being primarily economic to cultural, mainly religious ones. The goal of this article is to disentangle for the first time the impact of different sources of perceived threat as well as of in-group/out-group–based differences on trust by using a factorial survey conducted in Bilbao (Spain) and Cologne (Germany). Our main findings are that although both towns differ in religious and socio-economic composition, their citizens possess a similar level of generalised trust and perceive socio-economic threat as being much stronger than cultural threat. Weak evidence is also found for in-group/out-group–based differences in particularised trust. Recibido: 03 February 2021Aceptado: 10 March 2021

Cultural diversity · Ethnic group · Factorial analysis · Ingroups and outgroups · Perception · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Sustainability · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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