Title
The role of minority discrimination and political participation in shaping majority perceptions of discrimination: Two cross-national studies
Author
Canan Coşkan
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University
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Abstract
We develop a minority influence approach to multilevel intergroup research and examine whether country-level minority norms shape majority members’ perceptions of discrimination. Defining minority norms via actual minority discrimination and political participation, we hypothesized that in national contexts with greater minority experiences of discrimination and greater minority political participation, majority perceptions of discrimination should be higher. We implemented two cross-national multilevel studies drawing on the European Social Survey and Eurobarometer data with 19,392 participants in 22 countries in Study 1, and with 17,651 participants in 19 countries in Study 2. Higher aggregate levels of minority discrimination were not related to greater acknowledgment of discrimination among majority members. However, higher aggregate minority political participation did relate to higher perceptions of discrimination in Studies 1 and 2. We conclude that country-level minority norms are consequential for majority attitudes, but these norms need to be actively communicated through political participation.
Keywords
discriminationminority normsmultilevelpolitical participation
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English [eng]
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Title
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
ISSN
1368-4302
Issued
2022
Publication
SAGE Publications
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Date issued
2022
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