Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany

It has been shown that anti-Muslim sentiment is more pronounced in East Germany than in West Germany. In this paper, we discuss existing explanations and add to them. We argue that some East Germans see themselves as a disadvantaged group in competition with other minorities, such as Muslims, for so...

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Autores principales:	Frank Kalter, Naika Foroutan
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	East-Germany ethnic rivalry identification islamophobia outgroup mobility threat recognition Sociology (General) HM401-1281
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8aec44f0c6c24460844d60adca5c92ce
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8aec44f0c6c24460844d60adca5c92ce2021-11-11T08:50:37ZRace for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany2297-777510.3389/fsoc.2021.735421https://doaj.org/article/8aec44f0c6c24460844d60adca5c92ce2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.735421/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2297-7775It has been shown that anti-Muslim sentiment is more pronounced in East Germany than in West Germany. In this paper, we discuss existing explanations and add to them. We argue that some East Germans see themselves as a disadvantaged group in competition with other minorities, such as Muslims, for social recognition by West Germans; they are in what we call a “race for second place”. Based on social identity theory, we expect that this might be particularly true for those who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. The theoretical discussion carves out the role of “perceived non-recognition” and “outgroup mobility threat” as important concepts within the conflicts of belonging. We use unique data from the survey “Postmigrant Societies: East-Migrant Analogies” for a comprehensive empirical analysis. We find that factors related to pre-existing arguments – such as socioeconomic and demographic variables, personality traits, or contact – can capture much of the group differences in anti-Muslim sentiment, but that they do not fully apply to those who were born and still live in the East and who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. For this subgroup, perceived non-recognition adds to the empirical models and outgroup mobility threat has a stronger effect.Frank KalterFrank KalterNaika ForoutanNaika ForoutanFrontiers Media S.A.articleEast-Germanyethnic rivalryidentificationislamophobiaoutgroup mobility threatrecognitionSociology (General)HM401-1281ENFrontiers in Sociology, Vol 6 (2021)
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spellingShingle	East-Germany ethnic rivalry identification islamophobia outgroup mobility threat recognition Sociology (General) HM401-1281 Frank Kalter Frank Kalter Naika Foroutan Naika Foroutan Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
description	It has been shown that anti-Muslim sentiment is more pronounced in East Germany than in West Germany. In this paper, we discuss existing explanations and add to them. We argue that some East Germans see themselves as a disadvantaged group in competition with other minorities, such as Muslims, for social recognition by West Germans; they are in what we call a “race for second place”. Based on social identity theory, we expect that this might be particularly true for those who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. The theoretical discussion carves out the role of “perceived non-recognition” and “outgroup mobility threat” as important concepts within the conflicts of belonging. We use unique data from the survey “Postmigrant Societies: East-Migrant Analogies” for a comprehensive empirical analysis. We find that factors related to pre-existing arguments – such as socioeconomic and demographic variables, personality traits, or contact – can capture much of the group differences in anti-Muslim sentiment, but that they do not fully apply to those who were born and still live in the East and who explicitly self-identify as East Germans. For this subgroup, perceived non-recognition adds to the empirical models and outgroup mobility threat has a stronger effect.
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title	Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
title_short	Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
title_full	Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
title_fullStr	Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
title_full_unstemmed	Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany
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Race for Second Place? Explaining East-West Differences in Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Germany

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