Are Migrants More Extreme Than Locals After War? Evidence From a Simultaneous Survey of Migrants in Sweden and Locals in Bosnia

Bibliographic Data

ID6285850
AuthorsJonathan Hall (0000-0002-0069-1396, Uppsala University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume60
Issue1
Pages89-117
Publication date2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002714540471
OpenAlexW2117002068
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited91

Little is known about the attitudes of migrant populations originating from countries affected by conflict. This article examines a key assumption in the literature: that migrants harbor more conflictive attitudes than locals after war. Until now, we simply lacked the micro-level data necessary to examine migrant attitudes directly. Rather than relying on indirect evidence, I analyze new data from simultaneous surveys conducted in Sweden and Bosnia in 2010. As a whole, the empirical analysis supports the article’s novel theoretical approach. Under certain conditions, migration may promote inclusive and reconciliatory attitudes by improving access to coping resources and providing an exit from detrimental wartime and postwar conditions in origins countries

Coping (psychology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Migrant workers · Political science · Survey data collection · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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