Discrimination by politicians against religious minorities
Experimental evidence from the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6314710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Crawfurd (0000-0003-1513-934X, Center for Global Development, UK), Ukasha Ramli (0000-0003-1151-1183, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 826-833 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540688211021053 |
| OpenAlex | W3166630906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 26 |
Are Labour party politicians anti-Semitic, and are Conservative party politicians Islamophobic? In this correspondence study we measure the responsiveness of elected local representatives in the United Kingdom to requests from putative constituents from minority religious groups. We send short email requests to 10,268 local government representatives from each of the main political parties, from stereotypically Islamic, Jewish, and Christian names. Response rates are six to seven percentage points lower to stereotypically Muslim or Jewish names. The two major political parties both show equal bias towards the two minority group names. Results suggest that the bias in response may be implicit. Bias is lower in more dense and diverse locations
Government (linguistics · Islam · Judaism · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · History · Law · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |