Determinants of Experience of Discrimination in Minorities in Germany

Abstract: This study examines perceived ethnic discrimination (as opposed to “objective” discrimination). It includes a discussion of definitions of discrimination and attempts to measure it, and a review of findings on the distribution of discrimination experiences among minorities. The aim of the study is to determine the influence of factors that increase the risk of exposure to situations in which discrimination can take place (exposure hypothesis), and those that sensitize perceptions and give rise to different frequencies of subjective feelings of discrimination (sensitization hypothesis). A standardized questionnaire was adminis- tered to a random sample of German-born persons of Turkish and Greek origin and Aussiedler (ethnic Germans born in the former Soviet Union) (total N = 301). Minorities of non-German, especially of Turkish origin reported significantly more discrimination than Aussiedler in a set of nineteen everyday situations. A bivari- ate correlation was found between .... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2757

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Determinants of Experience of Discrimination in Minorities in Germany ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; day:18 ; month:01 ; year:2007 ; International journal of conflict and violence ; 1, Heft 1 (18.01.2007)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Kurt Salentin

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/ijcv-2757
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210293706955601
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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