"Migration and public opinion attitudes: 'Question of neighbors and foreigners'," Simona Zavratnik

February 27, 2017

3:00PM - 4:30PM

Ohio Union, Founders Room

Add to Calendar 2017-02-27 16:00:00 2017-02-27 17:30:00 "Migration and public opinion attitudes: 'Question of neighbors and foreigners'," Simona Zavratnik Global migrations are key figure of contemporary societies, the changes they cause in postmodern societies are extensive, and they relate to the entire spectrum of social organization: from the issue of incorporating migrants into new society, including policies of recognizing multiculturalism and citizen rights, to the challenges of achieving social cohesion in the microcosms of everyday life and preventing the construction of parallel, ghettoized societies of migrants and majority population.Based on empirical data (e.g. European social survey – ESS – and some local data basis, such as Slovene public opinion) the paper analyses public opinion attitudes toward immigrants, migration and integration policies. We examine the public opinion statements concerning social distance between newcomers and indigenous population, relations among wanted vs. unwanted immigrants, the status and the “destiny” of refugees and asylum seekers coming from non-EU environments, prejudice towards immigrants in relation to labor market and welfare state, the rise of extremism and right wing parties in the EU.Statistical data show interesting trends. Although the support to the right-wing populist parties is in rise, it seems that anti-immigrant sentiments are not simultaneously confirmed in the public opinion research. Taking as a milestone economic shock in the recession year 2008, the ESS data show that across Europe, the shifts in immigration opinion have been fairly modest.Simona Zavratnik is Assistant Professor among the faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.She is the author of Conversations with Carinthian Slovenians: on ethnic identity, Slovenian, bilingual education and self-esteem (1998) and Where in the puzzle: Trafficking in Slovenia, from and beyond: A Case Study (2005).Sponsor: The Office of International Affairs and the Global Mobility Project. Ohio Union, Founders Room OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2017-02-27 15:00:00 2017-02-27 16:30:00 "Migration and public opinion attitudes: 'Question of neighbors and foreigners'," Simona Zavratnik Global migrations are key figure of contemporary societies, the changes they cause in postmodern societies are extensive, and they relate to the entire spectrum of social organization: from the issue of incorporating migrants into new society, including policies of recognizing multiculturalism and citizen rights, to the challenges of achieving social cohesion in the microcosms of everyday life and preventing the construction of parallel, ghettoized societies of migrants and majority population.Based on empirical data (e.g. European social survey – ESS – and some local data basis, such as Slovene public opinion) the paper analyses public opinion attitudes toward immigrants, migration and integration policies. We examine the public opinion statements concerning social distance between newcomers and indigenous population, relations among wanted vs. unwanted immigrants, the status and the “destiny” of refugees and asylum seekers coming from non-EU environments, prejudice towards immigrants in relation to labor market and welfare state, the rise of extremism and right wing parties in the EU.Statistical data show interesting trends. Although the support to the right-wing populist parties is in rise, it seems that anti-immigrant sentiments are not simultaneously confirmed in the public opinion research. Taking as a milestone economic shock in the recession year 2008, the ESS data show that across Europe, the shifts in immigration opinion have been fairly modest.Simona Zavratnik is Assistant Professor among the faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.She is the author of Conversations with Carinthian Slovenians: on ethnic identity, Slovenian, bilingual education and self-esteem (1998) and Where in the puzzle: Trafficking in Slovenia, from and beyond: A Case Study (2005).Sponsor: The Office of International Affairs and the Global Mobility Project. Ohio Union, Founders Room Department of History history@osu.edu America/New_York public

Global migrations are key figure of contemporary societies, the changes they cause in postmodern societies are extensive, and they relate to the entire spectrum of social organization: from the issue of incorporating migrants into new society, including policies of recognizing multiculturalism and citizen rights, to the challenges of achieving social cohesion in the microcosms of everyday life and preventing the construction of parallel, ghettoized societies of migrants and majority population.

Based on empirical data (e.g. European social survey – ESS – and some local data basis, such as Slovene public opinion) the paper analyses public opinion attitudes toward immigrants, migration and integration policies. We examine the public opinion statements concerning social distance between newcomers and indigenous population, relations among wanted vs. unwanted immigrants, the status and the “destiny” of refugees and asylum seekers coming from non-EU environments, prejudice towards immigrants in relation to labor market and welfare state, the rise of extremism and right wing parties in the EU.

Statistical data show interesting trends. Although the support to the right-wing populist parties is in rise, it seems that anti-immigrant sentiments are not simultaneously confirmed in the public opinion research. Taking as a milestone economic shock in the recession year 2008, the ESS data show that across Europe, the shifts in immigration opinion have been fairly modest.

Simona Zavratnik is Assistant Professor among the faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

She is the author of Conversations with Carinthian Slovenians: on ethnic identity, Slovenian, bilingual education and self-esteem (1998) and Where in the puzzle: Trafficking in Slovenia, from and beyond: A Case Study (2005).

Sponsor: The Office of International Affairs and the Global Mobility Project.

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