Migrant-Related Attitudes and Perceived Ethnic Threats Between In-Groups and Out-Groups: 'The cases of Greece and Sweden'

Abstract

The paper explores inter-group relations by detecting divergences and/or convergences in ethnic threat perceptions and migrant-opposition attitudes between in-groups and out-groups within and across Greece and Sweden representing contexts with differentiated macro-level actual competitive economic and integration policy conditions. Using data from the fourth round (2008/2009) of the European Social Survey (ESS) Univariate 2-way (M) Anovas demonstrate moderate inter-group relations in Sweden and intense ones in Greece implying a potential inter-group clash in the latter. The paper is a step toward filling the lacuna with respect to the assessment of inter-group relations via unilateral processes and attempts to provide some fresh insights to be further investigated in future migrant-related studies.

Keywords

• inter-group relations
• ethnic conflict
• integration policies
• ethnic competition theory