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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Host or hostile? Attitudes towards asylum seekers in Israel and in Denmark
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Adi Hercowitz-Amir
  • Rebeca Raijman
  • Eldad Davidov
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title International Journal of Comparative Sociology
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd.
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0020-7152
Volume 58
Number 5
Page Range 416 - 439
Date 2017
Abstract Text In this study, we focus on attitudes towards asylum seekers in two countries: Denmark and Israel. Both serve as interesting cases through which to study public sentiment of host populations for people seeking refuge. We examine the role of three core dimensions that have been relatively overlooked in previous studies: social contact with asylum seekers, the role of support for humanitarian policies and perceptions of legitimacy of the asylum seekers? claims. We also gauge the way perceptions of threat mediate the effect of these core dimensions on individuals? willingness to share their national benefits with those looking for refugee status in the two countries. For the analysis, we use multiple group structural equation modelling. On the descriptive level, findings suggest that respondents are considerably more hostile in Israel than in Denmark, although the mechanisms leading to the formation of exclusionary attitudes are partly similar. We conclude with some limitations of the study and closing remarks about similarities and differences across the two countries.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1177/0020715217722039
Other Identification Number merlin-id:15568
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